Meanings
nouncomplexity (countable and uncountable, plural complexities)
plural complexities
- uncountableThe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
Synonyms: complicacy · Antonyms: simplicity
- countableThat which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible machine to him. Its complexities and powers, its grim processes, fascinated him.
1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter VIII, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 84–85Synonyms: complicacy
- countableuncountablemathematicsThe smallest number of ones that can be used to represent a given integer, using no other digits and any number of additions, multiplications, and parentheses.
The complexity of an integer is always within a constant factor of its logarithm.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
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Origin
From complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَعْقِيد
- تَعْقِيد (taʕqīd)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Bulgarian сложност, обърканост
- сложност (složnost)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- обърканост (obărkanost)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Catalan complexitat, complexitat
- complexitatthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complexitatthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Chinese Mandarin 複雜性 /复杂性
- 複雜性 /复杂性 (fùzáxìng)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Czech složitost
- složitostthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Danish indviklethed, kompleksitet
- indviklethedthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- kompleksitetthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Dutch ingewikkeldheid, complexiteit
- ingewikkeldheidthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complexiteitthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- gecompliceerdheidthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- verwikkelingthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- complexiteitthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Estonian keerulisus, keerukus
- keerulisusthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- keerukusthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Finnish monimutkaisuus, mutkikkuus
- monimutkaisuusthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- mutkikkuusthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- monimutkaisuusthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- vaikeusthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- ongelmathat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- hankaluusthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
French complexité, complexité
- complexitéthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complexitéthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
German Kompliziertheit, Komplexität
- Kompliziertheitthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- Komplexitätthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- Komplexitätthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- Schwierigkeitthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- Komplikationthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Greek περιπλοκότητα, περιπλοκή
- περιπλοκότητα (periplokótita)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- περιπλοκή (periplokí)that which is complex; intricacy; complication
Hebrew מורכבות
- מורכבות (murkavut)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Hungarian bonyolultság, komplikáltság
- bonyolultságthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- komplikáltságthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- bonyodalomthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- komplikációthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Indonesian kompleksitas, kekompleksan
- kompleksitasthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- kekompleksanthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- kerumitanthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Irish castacht
- castachtthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Italian complessità, complessità
- complessitàthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complessitàthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Japanese 複雑さ
- 複雑さ (fukuzatsusa)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Latin complexitās
- complexitāsthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Latvian sarežģītība, komplicētība
- sarežģītībathe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- komplicētībathat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Lithuanian sudėtingumas, painumas
- sudėtingumasthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- painumasthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Malay kerumitan, kekompleksan
- kerumitanthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- kekompleksanthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Norwegian floke, forvikling
- flokethat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- forviklingthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Norwegian Bokmål kompleksitet
- kompleksitetthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
Polish złożoność, zawiłość
- złożonośćthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- zawiłośćthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- zawiłośćthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Portuguese complexidade, complexidade
- complexidadethe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complexidadethat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Romanian complexitate, complexitate
- complexitatethe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complexitatethat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Russian сло́жность, сло́жность
- сло́жность (slóžnostʹ)the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- сло́жность (slóžnostʹ)that which is complex; intricacy; complication
Slovak zložitosť, zložitosť
- zložitosťthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- zložitosťthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Spanish complejidad, complejidad
- complejidadthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- complejidadthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Swedish komplexitet, komplikation
- komplexitetthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- komplikationthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
- krånglighetthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Turkish karmaşıklık, karmaşık
- karmaşıklıkthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- karmaşıkthat which is complex; intricacy; complication
Welsh cymhlethdod, dryswch
- cymhlethdodthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- dryswchthe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
- astrusithe state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement
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