complex terrain

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplexandterrain

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complex
adjective
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/ˈkɒm.pleks/us
/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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terrain
noun[U]
uk
/təˈreɪn/us
/təˈreɪn/
an area of land, when considering its ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandterrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, the concluding chapter provides a flow chart demarcating the different assumptions about human nature held by the book's proponent authors - an instructive route-map across a conceptuallycomplexterrain.
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They could not discern between soldiers and obstacles like trees, so they mostly traveled on roads instead ofcomplexterrain.
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Most codes and standards recognize that wind tunnel testing can produce reliable information for designers, especially when their projects are incomplexterrainor on exposed sites.
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A new streaming capability provides an efficient means of loadingcomplexterrainareas as object and texture data is processed only when required.
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The peak featurescomplexterrainthat has misled climbers in the past, contributing to a death in the summer of 2006, 2010, and 2011.
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The project required significant civil engineering works due to the steep andcomplexterrainthat the line traverses.
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Its role is to support infantry incomplexterrain(such as woods or built up areas), provide rear area security and to raid.
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Compact-beam sodars are more accurate incomplexterrainwhere the wind vector can change across the measurement area of the sodar.
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The program includes acomplexterrainflow model, a roughness change model, a model for sheltering obstacles, and a wake model.
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It has capabilities for building effects,complexterrain, plume depletion by wet or dry deposition, and first order chemical reactions.
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It can handlecomplexterrainand it can also be used to simulate the dispersion of cooling tower plumes.
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