complexity

noun
/kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from complexus
  2. borrowed from complexe
  3. suffixed as complexity — “complex + ity

Definitions

  1. The state of being complex

    The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

  2. That which is and renders complex

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at complexity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01complexity02entanglement03entangling04entangle05complications06complication07intricate

A definitional loop anchored at complexity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at complexity

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA