complexing agent

com·plex·ing a·gent

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [adjective, verb kuh m-pleks, kom-pleks ey-juh nt]
- /adjective, verb kəmˈplɛks, ˈkɒm plɛks ˈeɪ dʒənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [adjective, verb kuh m-pleks, kom-pleks ey-juh nt]
- /adjective, verb kəmˈplɛks, ˈkɒm plɛks ˈeɪ dʒənt/

Definitions of complexing agent words

noun complexing agent an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex. 1
noun complexing agent Psychology. a system of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, feelings, memories, and impulses that is usually repressed and that gives rise to abnormal or pathological behavior. 1
noun complexing agent a fixed idea; an obsessive notion. 1
noun complexing agent Mathematics. an arbitrary set of elements of a group. a collection of simplexes having specified properties. 1
noun complexing agent Also called coordination compound. Chemistry. a compound in which independently existing molecules or ions of a nonmetal (complexing agent) form coordinate bonds with a metal atom or ion. Compare ligand (def 2). 1
noun complexing agent Biochemistry. an entity composed of molecules in which the constituents maintain much of their chemical identity: receptor-hormone complex, enzyme-substrate complex. 1

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Origin of complexing agent

First appearance:

before 1645

One of the 44% oldest English words

1645-55; 1905-10 for def 7; (adj.) < Latin complexus, past participle of complectī, complectere to embrace, encompass, include, equivalent to complect- (see complect) + -tus past participle suffix; (noun) < Late Latin complexus totality, complex (Latin: inclusion, grasping, embrace), equivalent to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of v. action; reanalysis of the Latin v. as “to intertwine (completely)” has influenced sense of the adj.

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Parts of speech for Complexing agent

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