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complexest

complexest is the superlative form of complex.

Meaning of complex

Adjective

complex (comparative more complex or (nonstandard) complexer, superlative most complex or (nonstandard) complexest)

  1. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
    • a complex being; a complex idea
  2. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
    • If, when the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is complex and difficult, and if we are discontented at this, nature, and not the astronomer, must be the object of our displeasure.1837, William Whewell, “Inductive Epoch of Hipparchus”, in History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge...
  3. Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
    • complex number
  4. Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
    • complex function
  5. Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
    • complex polynomial
  6. A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

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Questions about complexest

What is complexest the superlative form of?
Complexest is the superlative form of complex.

Words near complexest in the dictionary

  1. complexations
  2. complexed
  3. complexedness
  4. complexer
  5. complexes
  6. complexest
  7. complexibility
  8. complexification
  9. complexifications
  10. complexified
  11. complexifier

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