complexes

Noun

complex (plural complexes or (nonstandard) complices)

1. A network of interconnected systems.
   • military–industrial complex
2. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
   • The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Mars Ruins Codex entry
3. An assemblage of related things; a collection.
   • This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
   1. An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
   2. A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
      • The fire complex began as two separate fires.
   3. A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
      • Since then, a good deal of research has documented and concluded that the nominal species A. fraterculus actually comprises an unresolved complex of cryptic species.2015 November 26, Mosè Manni et al., “Relevant genetic differentiation among Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 540, →DOI

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