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Com·plex a.
1. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.
Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. --Locke.
2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex. --Whewell.
Complex fraction. See Fraction.
Complex number Math., in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b√-1, when a and b are ordinary integers.
Syn: -- See Intricate.
complex number
n : a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and
i is the square root of -1 [syn: complex quantity, imaginary
number]