ALL meanings of complexing agent
com·plex·ing a·gent
C c - verb without object complexing agent Chemistry. to form a complex. 1
- 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
- adjective complexing agent composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system. 1
- adjective complexing agent characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.: complex machinery. 1
- adjective complexing agent so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with: a complex problem. 1
- adjective complexing agent Grammar. (of a word) consisting of two parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form -ish. complex sentence. 1
- adjective complexing agent Mathematics. pertaining to or using complex numbers: complex methods; complex vector space. 1
- verb with object complexing agent Chemistry. to form a complex with. 1