Complication

Definitions

1. The act or process of complicating.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
   countable, uncountable
3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
   countable, uncountable
4. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
   countable, uncountable
5. A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
   countable, uncountable
6. A twisting or intertwining.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.”

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