different between complex vs gobbledygook

English

Etymology

From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complect? (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). See complect. Doublet of complexus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Adjective

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?m?pl?ks/, /?k?m.pl?ks/
• (US) enPR: k?mpl?ks, k?m'pl?ks; IPA^(key): /k?m?pl?ks/, /?k?mpl?ks/

Noun

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.pl?ks/
• (US) enPR: k?m'pl?ks, IPA^(key): /?k?mpl?ks/

Adjective

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

1. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.

   • Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.

2. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences

     When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is complex and difficult.

3. (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of ?1.

4. (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.

5. (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.

6. (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.

Synonyms

• (not simple): complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, tough

Antonyms

• (not simple): basic, easy, simple, simplex, straightforward

Derived terms

• complex function
• complexify
• complexity
• complexness
• pseudocomplex

Related terms

• complexion
• (mathematics): symplectic

Translations

Noun

complex (plural complexes)

1. A problem. (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. A network of interconnected systems.

3. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
4. 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.

   1. An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
   2. A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
   3. (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
5. (psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
6. (informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.

7. (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
8. (mathematics) A complex number.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

complex (third-person singular simple present complexes, present participle complexing, simple past and past participle complexed)

1. (chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
2. (transitive) To complicate.

Translations

Further reading

• complex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• complex in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• complex at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin complexus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom?pl?ks/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum?pl?ks/

Adjective

complex (feminine complexa, masculine plural complexos, feminine plural complexes)

1. complex

   Antonyms: simple, senzill

Derived terms

• nombre complex

Related terms

• complexitat

Noun

complex m (plural complexos)

1. complex (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

• “complex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “complex” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “complex” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “complex” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French complexe or German komplex, from Latin complexus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pl?ks/
• Hyphenation: com?plex
• Rhymes: -?ks

Adjective

complex (comparative complexer, superlative meest complex or complext)

1. complex (composite)
2. complex (complicated)
3. (mathematics) complex (containing an imaginary component or involving imaginary numbers)

Inflection

Derived terms

• complex getal
• complexiteit

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kompleks

Noun

complex n (plural complexen, diminutive complexje n)

1. complex (collection of buildings or facilities with a common purpose)
2. (psychoanalysis) complex (abnormal mental state caused by repression)

Derived terms

• gebouwencomplex
• inferioriteitscomplex
• meerderwaarigheidscomplex
• minderwaardigheidscomplex
• sportcomplex
• superioriteitscomplex
• tempelcomplex

Related terms

• complicatie
• gecompliceerd

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kompleks

Romanian

Etymology

From French complexe, from Latin complexus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kom?pleks]

Adjective

complex m or n (feminine singular complex?, masculine plural complec?i, feminine and neuter plural complexe)

1. complex

Declension

Antonyms

• simplu

Related terms

• complexitate

Further reading

• complex in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Alternative forms

• gobbledegook; gobblygook, garbley gook, gobbly-gook

Etymology

First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey.

Mr. Maury Maverick was, incidentally, the grandson of lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick, whose behaviour regarding his cattle inspired the term maverick ("offbeat").

Pronunciation

Noun

gobbledygook (usually uncountable, plural gobbledygooks)

1. (informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
2. (informal) Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations