(topology) A collection of balls of various dimensions, with higher-dimensional ones mapped along their respective boundaries to lower-dimensional ones.

plural of protein complex

(biochemistry) A group of two or more associated proteins that remains stable over time.

(computing theory) The complexity of an information object—such as a book or an image—informally defined as the length of the shortest program that produces that information object.

plural of ternary complex

plural of Kolmogorov complexity

(computer science) A measure of the amount of space, or memory required by an algorithm to solve a given decision problem. An informal analogy would be the amount of scratch paper needed while working out a problem with pen and paper.

(psychoanalysis) The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.

plural of CW complex

plural of Frankenstein complex