complexity

English

Etymology

complex +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/

Noun

complexity (countable and uncountable, plural complexities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
2. (countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.

Synonyms

• complicacy

Antonyms

• simplicity

Derived terms

Derived terms

• complexity theory
• irreducible complexity
• Kolmogorov complexity

• space complexity
• time complexity

Related terms

• complexus
• complicate

Translations

The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement

• Arabic: تَعْقِيد‎‎ m (taʿqīd)
• Armenian: բարդություն (hy) (bardutʿyun)
• Bulgarian: сложност (bg) f (složnost), обърканост (bg) f (obǎrkanost)
• Catalan: complexitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 複雜性 (zh), 复杂性 (zh) (fùzáxìng)

• Czech: složitost (cs) f
• Dutch: ingewikkeldheid f, complexiteit (nl) f
• Estonian: keerulisus
• Finnish: monimutkaisuus (fi), mutkikkuus (fi)
• French: complexité (fr) f
• Galician: complexidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სირთულე (sirtule), ჩახლართულობა (čaxlartuloba), კომპლექსურობა (ḳomṗleksuroba)
• German: Vielfalt (de) f
• Greek: περιπλοκότητα f (periplokótita)
• Hebrew: מורכבות‎‎ f (murkavut)

• Hungarian: bonyolultság (hu)
• Irish: castacht f
• Italian: complessità (it) f
• Japanese: 複雑さ (ふくざつさ, fukuzatsusa)
• Latvian: sarežģītība f
• Lithuanian: sudėtingumas m
• Polish: złożoność (pl) f
• Portuguese: complexidade (pt) f
• Romanian: complexitate (ro) f
• Russian: сло́жность (ru) f (slóžnostʹ)
• Slovak: zložitosť f
• Slovene: zapletenost f
• Spanish: complejidad (es) f
• Swedish: komplexitet (sv) c
• Turkish: karmaşıklık (tr)

That which is complex; intricacy; complication

• Armenian: բարդություն (hy) (bardutʿyun)
• Catalan: complexitat f
• Danish: indviklethed c, kompleksitet c
• Dutch: gecompliceerdheid f, verwikkeling (nl) f, complexiteit (nl) f
• Estonian: keerukus
• Finnish: monimutkaisuus (fi), vaikeus (fi), ongelma (fi), hankaluus (fi)
• French: complexité (fr) f
• Galician: complexidade (gl) f
• Georgian: სირთულე (sirtule), ჩახლართულობა (čaxlartuloba)
• German: Komplexität (de) f, Schwierigkeit (de) f
• Greek: περιπλοκή (el) f (periplokí)
• Hungarian: bonyodalom (hu), komplikáció
• Italian: complessità (it) f

• Latvian: komplicētība f
• Lithuanian: painumas m
• Norwegian: floke m, f, forvikling m
• Polish: zawiłość (pl) f
• Portuguese: complexidade (pt) f
• Romanian: complexitate (ro) f
• Russian: сло́жность (ru) f (slóžnostʹ)
• Slovak: zložitosť f
• Slovene: zapletenost f
• Spanish: complejidad (es) f
• Swedish: komplikation (sv) c, krånglighet (sv) c
• Turkish: karmaşık (tr)

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} усложненост (bg) f (usložnenost), ^{(please verify)} сложност (bg) f (složnost), ^{(please verify)} обърканост (bg) f (obǎrkanost), ^{(please verify)} забърканост (bg) f (zabǎrkanost), ^{(please verify)} заплетеност (bg) f (zapletenost)