complexとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• 韻: -ɛks

Adjective

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /kəmˈplɛks/, /ˈkɒm.plɛks/
• (米国発音) enPR: kəmplĕks, kŏm'plĕks; IPA^(key): /kəmˈplɛks/, /ˈkɑmplɛks/

Noun

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒm.plɛks/
• (米国発音) enPR: kŏm'plĕks, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmplɛks/

形容詞

complex (comparative complexer または more complex, superlative complexest または most complex)

1. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

   a complex being; a complex idea

   • (Can we date this quote by John Locke かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.

2. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
   • (Can we date this quote by Whewell かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex.

3. (mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is a square root of −1.

   complex function

4. (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

同意語

• (not simple): complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, tough

反意語

• (not simple): basic, easy, simple, simplex, straightforward

派生語

• complexify
• complexity
• complexness

関連する語

• complexion
• (数学): symplectic

名詞

complex (複数形 complexes または complices)

1. A problem. (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. A network of interconnected systems.

   military-industrial complex

3. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
4. An assemblage of related things; a collection.
   • (Can we date this quote by South かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.

5. (psychology) A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.

   Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.

6. An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
7. (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.

8. (mathematics) A complex number.
   • 1996, Barry Simon, Representations of Finite and Compact Groups, page 50:

     The interesting aspect here is that U₃ is irreducible, even though all irreps over the complexes are one-dimensional because ℤ₄ is abelian.

派生語

動詞

complex (三人称単数 現在形 complexes, 現在分詞 complexing, 過去形および過去分詞形 complexed)

1. (chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
2. (transitive) To complicate.

Further reading

• complex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• complex in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• complex at OneLook Dictionary Search