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incomplex, a. (ɪnˈkɒmplɛks, formerly ɪnkəmˈplɛks) [ad. late L. incomplex-us, f. in- (in-3) + complex-us complex: so F. incomplexe (1732 in Dict. Trévoux).] Not complex; not complicated or involved; simple.
1658Baxter Saving Faith vi. 36 Complex Objects, which are appointed to be the means of knowing the incomplex. a1677Barrow Serm. iv. Wks. 1686 II. 55 It is unintelligible how any incomplex thing..can be the complete or immediate object of belief. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. vii. ii. 382 The Ear is in Birds the most simple and incomplex of any Animals Ear. 1789T. Taylor Proclus II. 49 The incomplex [theorems] are such composites as cannot be divided into simple theorems, as the fourth proposition. 1827Whately Logic 59 Incomplex apprehension is of one object, or of several without any relation being perceived between them. |