(software engineering) A quantitative measure of the number of linearly independent paths (branches) through a program's source code which indicates the complexity of a program or a function.

(software engineering) Synonym of cyclomatic complexity

(Internet) A proxy that hides the complexity of and controls access to a complex set of classes.

plural of complexity-hiding proxy

The fear that an artificial intelligence will turn against humans.

(mathematics) Of a complex number x, the complex number ◌̅x formed by changing the sign of the imaginary part: The complex conjugate of a + bi is a - bi.

(complex analysis) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit

(psychology) A psychological complex involving fixations of a sexual nature; a fetish.

(psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.

Synonym of coordination compound