complication
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
- États-Unis//ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən//
- États-Unis//ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
The act or process of complicating.
nom
- 1
The act or process of complicating.
- 2
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- 3
A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- 4
A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- 5
A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.
- 6
obsolèteA twisting or intertwining.
the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.
Étymologie
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
Formes
- pluriel
- complications
complication · The act or process of complicating.
compliment · An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.complimentary · In the nature of a compliment.compliments · Good wishes.