intricacy
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in·tri·ca·cy
(ĭn′trĭ-kə-sē)n. pl. in·tri·ca·cies
1. The condition or quality of being intricate; complexity.
2. Something intricate: the intricacies of a census form.
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in•tri•ca•cy
(ˈɪn trɪ kə si)n., pl. -cies.
1. intricate character or state.
2. an intricate part, action, etc.
[1595–1605]
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Noun | 1. | intricacy - marked by elaborately complex detail complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers" |
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intricacy
noun complexity, involvement, complication, elaborateness, obscurity, entanglement, convolutions, involution, intricateness, knottiness Garments are priced according to the intricacy of the work.
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intricacy
nounSomething complex:
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تَعْقيد، شَيء مُعَقَّد
složitost
detaljerigdomindviklethed
flækja, flókiî atriîi
karmaşıklık
intricacy
[ˈɪntrɪkəsɪ] N [of pattern, design, machinery] → lo intrincado, complejidad f; [of plot, problem] → complejidad fthe intricacies of the law → los entresijos de la ley
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intricacy
n → Kompliziertheit f; (= intricate part: of law, chess etc) → Feinheit f; the intricacies of the job → die Feinheiten der Arbeit
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
intricate
(ˈintrikət) adjective complicated. an intricate knitting pattern; intricate details.
ˈintricately adverbˈintricacy – plural ˈintricacies – noun
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