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to complex

to complex

1 8.3
Join with a metal or molecule to form a compound
  • verb
  • /ˈkɒmplɛks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : formar un complejo con
  • In order to study receptor interactions, scientists often complex the drug with a specific molecule.
  • complex with molecules

Examples

  • The preparation procedure of AgNPs-incorporated NH2-CP includes the complexing adsorption of Ag+ onto the amino groups, followed by a facile NaBH4 reduction procedure.

    Academic text (2018)
  • They're generally produced on demand and they complex with the receptor and they cause biological action.

  • PEI-complexed plasmid is thought to increase the efficiency of DNA uptake via clathrin-dependent and -independent (cholesterol-dependent) pathways 217.

    Blog text (18)
  • After the impregnation and introduction of NaBH4, the complexed Ag+ can be in situ reduced to Ag atoms, leading to the nucleation and growth of AgNPs.

    Academic text (2018)
  • When a ligand complexes with a metal ion, it forms a stable coordination compound.

  • Chemists complex the reactants to facilitate a desired chemical reaction in the laboratory.

Synonyms

to chelate
vsto complex
  • Specialized
1 9.3

To join a metal ion to an organic molecule to form a stable ring

combines with another substance more broadly to form coordination compounds

Antonyms

to decompose
  • Specialized
9 5.5

To break a substance into smaller chemical parts using heat or chemicals

Phrasal Verbs

Make difficult ideas easy to understand

Compounds

19 7.0

A powerful group of armed forces and weapons makers that influence government decisions

A problem with many connected parts that is hard to solve

A strong, lasting feeling of not being good enough

Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself

complex number
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A number with a real part and an imaginary part written as a + bi

An idea that is hard to understand because it has many connected parts

1 9.9

A hidden wish in a boy to be loved by his mother and to replace his father

A group of connected buildings that share the same purpose

complex sentence
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A sentence with one main clause and one or more clauses that depend on it

B complex
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A group of B vitamins that help the body turn food into energy

B-complex vitamin
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A group of vitamins that dissolve in water and help cells use food for energy

complex conjugate
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A complex number with the same real part and the imaginary part with the opposite sign

A problem about law that is difficult to solve because it has many different parts

complex plane
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A flat surface for showing numbers that have a real part and an imaginary part as points

1 9.9

A daughter's hidden romantic feelings for her father and jealousy of her mother

edifice complex
  • Informal
1 9.4

A strong wish to build very large, showy buildings to show power

1 9.9

A child's strong sexual feelings for a parent of the opposite sex and anger toward the same-sex parent

8.1

A complicated machine with many parts and no clear purpose

complex fraction
  • Specialized
7.8

A number with a fraction in the top or bottom

complex function
  • Specialized
8.5

A function that has two or more variables and shows complicated behavior

A computer design where the main processor runs many built-in instructions

A computer design where the processor runs many complex commands directly in hardware

complex preposition
  • Specialized
4.9

More than one word that work together to show place, time, or other connection like in front of

complex quantity
  • Specialized
9.0

A number with one real part and one imaginary part

complex absence
  • Specialized
9.4

A short seizure that makes you lose awareness and causes muscle weakness or sudden movements

Golgi complex
  • Specialized
4.7

Small sacs inside a cell that change, sort, and pack proteins and fats for transport

Very hard to understand because it is complicated

9.9

A group of genes that make cell-surface proteins telling the immune system if a donated organ is accepted

QRS complex
  • Specialized
6.5

A pattern on a heart test that shows electrical activity when the lower chambers contract

9.9

A group of old flowering plant families important for early flower evolution

A place where older people live and get help and join activities

vitamin B complex
  • Specialized
3.2

A group of substances in food that dissolve in water and help the body make energy

How Strong

to bind
  • Specialized
131 3.9
to complex
  • Specialized
1 8.3
to interact
293 2.7

Surface Forms

complex infinitive
complexed past
complexed past participle
complexing present participle
complexes third person singular

Etymology

Complex (as a verb) comes from the same Latin parts com- 'together' and plectere 'to braid', meaning to join or bind things together. To say a substance 'complexes' with another is to say it combines with it to form one connected compound.