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complexity

noun

  1. property of systems
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Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/

noun

Etymology: From complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness.

  1. The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
  2. That 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.