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implex

/ɪmˈplɛks/

implex adjective: intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.

Adjective

implex (not comparable)

  1. Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
    • 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...c. 1711, Joseph Addison, essay in The Spectator, 9 February 1711/12

Noun

implex (plural implexes)

  1. 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 (the degree of pedigree collapse).

Forms of implex

pluralimplexes

Origin of implex

From Latin implexus.

Questions about implex

What does implex mean?
Implex means intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
What part of speech is implex?
Implex can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce implex?
Implex is pronounced /ɪmˈplɛks/.

Words near implex in the dictionary

  1. impleted
  2. impletes
  3. impleting
  4. impletion
  5. impletions
  6. implex
  7. implexes
  8. implexion
  9. implexions
  10. impliable
  11. implial

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