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- | '''Complexity''' in general usage is the opposite of [[simplicity]]. '''Complexity''' in specific usage is the opposite of independence, while complication is the opposite of simplicity. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''Complexity''' in general usage is the opposite of [[simplicity]]. '''Complexity''' in specific usage is the opposite of independence, while complication is the opposite of simplicity. |
+ | ==Etymology== | ||
+ | From French ''complexe'', from Latin ''complexus'', past participle of ''complectī'' (“to entwine, encircle, compass, in[[fold]]”), from ''com-'' (“together”) and ''plectere'' (“to weave, braid”) | ||
+ | == See also == | ||
+ | *[[Arabesque]] | ||
+ | *[[Complication]] | ||
+ | *[[Convolute]] | ||
+ | *[[Difficult]] | ||
+ | *[[Ergodic literature]] | ||
+ | * [[Military–industrial complex]] | ||
+ | *[[Oedipus complex]] | ||
+ | *[[Madonna-whore complex]] | ||
+ | *[[Complex (psychology)]] | ||
+ | * [[Complex system]], a system of interconnected simple parts that together exhibit a high degree of computational complexity from which emerges a higher order behavior | ||
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Complexity in general usage is the opposite of simplicity. Complexity in specific usage is the opposite of independence, while complication is the opposite of simplicity.
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Etymology
From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complectī (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”)
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See also
- Arabesque
- Complication
- Convolute
- Difficult
- Ergodic literature
- Military–industrial complex
- Oedipus complex
- Madonna-whore complex
- Complex (psychology)
- Complex system, a system of interconnected simple parts that together exhibit a high degree of computational complexity from which emerges a higher order behavior
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