complex
/kɑmˈplɛks/ adjective B1- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple. · a complex being; a complex idea· The human body is a complex system made up of many layers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- 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· function of a complex variable
- Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers. · complex function
- Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers. · complex polynomial· complex algebraic variety
- A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
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Holmes himself had said that no more complex case had come to him in all the long series of his sensational investigations.
This case of yours is very complex, Sir Henry.
For my own part, I had followed step by step the methods by which he had traced the various windings of this complex case, and, though I could not yet perceive the goal which we would reach, I understood clearly that Holmes expected this grotesque criminal to make an attempt upon the two remaining busts, one of which, I remembered, was at Chiswick.
It's worth our attention, for, granting that the man is a rascal, he is certainly a complex and ingenious one.
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