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  • verb Present participle of complex.
  • noun chemistry The formation of a complex; complexation

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Examples

  • In contact with solutions of mineral acids, organic acids, or magnesium complexing agents, the rate of dissolution of the brucite layers is increased.

    Geology of asbestos 2007

  • I have gradually gotten better, but losing my home and all my belongings last year set it off again - this time with agoraphobia complexing the already compounded PTSD.

    About Bloody Time -- But Don't Fall for the PR 2007

  • For example, monoglycerides have been used for decades in the baking business because they help retard staling, apparently by complexing with amylose and blocking starch retrogradation.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • For example, monoglycerides have been used for decades in the baking business because they help retard staling, apparently by complexing with amylose and blocking starch retrogradation.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Coreceptors: Design, synthesis and properties of macropolycyclic complexing agents binding selectively one or several molecular substrates: metalloreceptors; photoactive receptors; cyclointercalands.

    Jean-Marie Lehn - Curriculum Vitae 1987

  • This has been one of the most complexing and trying weeks of my existence over here.

    Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Joseph P. Tumulty

  • And strongly opposed as we shall find the complexing elements of light and darkness in a woman, still more strongly opposed shall we discover them in a man.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

  • And strongly opposed as we shall find the complexing elements of light and darkness in a woman, still more strongly opposed shall we discover them in a man.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • And strongly opposed as we shall find the complexing elements of light and darkness in a woman, still more strongly opposed shall we discover them in a man.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Eleanor Farjeon 1923

  • This has been one of the most complexing and trying weeks of my existence over here.

    Woodrow Wilson as I know Him Tumulty, Joseph P 1921

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