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Complex vs Implex - What's the difference?

complex | implex |

As adjectives the difference between complex and implex

is that complex is made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple while implex is intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.

As nouns the difference between complex and implex

is that complex is a problem while implex is a genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.

As a verb complex

is to form a complex with another substance.

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

    * * English heteronyms ----

    implex

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
  • * Joseph Addison, essay in The Spectator , 9 February 1711/12:
    • The fable of every poem is, according to Aristotle’s division, either simple or implex'. It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; '''implex''', when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. The ' implex fable is thought most perfect: I suppose, because it is more proper to stir up the passion of the reader, and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.

    • Synonyms

    * pedigree collapse

    References

    * (adjective) ** Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary . Retrieved 25 February 2010, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Implex ** OED 2nd edition 1989 * (noun) ** Joao Dal Poz Neto & Marcio Ferriera da Silva, "MaqPar: A Homemade Tool for the Study of Kinship Networks" in Hvibrant , v.6, n.2, p.73, footnote 3; Retrieved 25 February 2010, from Google Docs website, original source file: [http://www.vibrant.org.br/downloads/v6n2_dalpozsilva.pdf]