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As nouns the difference between complex and campus

is that complex is a problem while campus is the grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

As verbs the difference between complex and campus

is that complex is to form a complex with another substance while campus is to confine to campus as a punishment.

As an adjective complex

is made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

complex

English

(wikipedia complex)

Adjective

(complex number) (en adjective)
  • Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
    • a complex''' being; a '''complex idea
  • * John Locke
    • Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex ; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
  • Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
  • * Whewell
    • When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
  • (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
  • (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

    • Synonyms

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

    Antonyms

    * (not simple) basic, easy, simple, straightforward

    Derived terms

    * complexity * complexness

    Related terms

    * complexion * (mathematics) symplectic

    Noun

  • A problem.
  • A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  • Assemblage of related things; collection.
  • * South
    • This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
  • A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
  • An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
  • (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:

    Derived terms

    * military-entertainment complex * military-industrial complex * Oedipus complex * prison-industrial complex * vitamin B complex * protein complex * chelate complex

    Verb

    (es)
  • (chemistry) To form a complex with another substance

    • External links

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    campus

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
    • , title= Mr Geek goes to Washington , passage=From their corporate campuses on the west coast, America’s technology entrepreneurs used to ignore faraway Washington, DC—or mention the place only to chastise it for holding back innovation with excessive regulation. They have, at times, invested in the low politics of self-interested lobbying […]. Yet unlike Wall Street
  • An institution of higher education and its ambiance.

    • Usage notes

    * The Latinate plural form campi is sometimes used, particularly with respect to colleges or universities; however, it is sometimes frowned upon. By contrast, the common plural form campuses is universally accepted.

    Derived terms

    * campus legend * off-campus / on-campus

    Related terms

    * camp * campi (nonstandard plural) *

    Verb

    (es)
  • To confine to campus as a punishment.
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