complex network
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complex
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.pleks/us/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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network
noun[C]
uk/ˈnet.wɜːk/us/ˈnet.wɝːk/
a large system consisting of many similar parts that are connected together to allow movement or communication between or along the parts, or between the parts and a ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandnetworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A complete folding mechanism involves acomplexnetworkof such ' elementary' reaction events representing these conformational changes.
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A morecomplexnetworkconsisting of four levels of descending control and limited upward feedback.
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Could a highlycomplexnetworkof filaments and knots such as this represent a frozen message?
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The monograph highlights instead that ditransitivity is probably best thought of as acomplexnetwork of verbs, complementation patterns, and conditioning factors.
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Emphasis is placed on the international system, which is considered as constituting acomplexnetworkmade up of various actors.
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But its strength as acomplexnetworkof embedded continua makes it problematic for the practical purpose of conceptualizing specific cases of interaction among variables.
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A high magnification enabled us to evaluate and define the full extension of each dendritic arbor from thecomplexnetworkof dendrites.
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One metaphor for individual development is a driver moving continually in a large,complexnetworkof roads.
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The social psychological environment of the family was defined as being composed of acomplexnetworkof environmental forces.
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Communications can be realised through a single wire or through acomplexnetwork.
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These were identified as smooth tubule-vesicular structures forming acomplexnetwork.
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Understanding thecomplexnetworkof these abilities and their influence on emergent readers will increase our theoretical understanding and be useful for instruction.
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Figure 1 depicts quite acomplexnetwork, where each agent depends upon all others.
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Their dendritic arborizations shape acomplexnetworkthrough the retina.
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He regarded the retinal tissue as acomplexnetworkof fibers and cells that process nervous excitations.
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There are no rules but only acomplexnetworkof weighted connections adjusted in accordance with input frequencies so that eventually learner production becomes rulelike.
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It is a red maple leaf flaming out at the end of its life, revealing an incredibly rich andcomplexnetworkof branching veins.
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The result is an increasinglycomplexnetworkof richly related cognitive structures rather than a repository of impersonal, isolated 'factoids' about music.
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Acomplexnetworkof security institutions criss-crosses the continent, amounting to a new framework in international law and to new complicated diplomatic procedures.
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