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  1. implexnoun

    A genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation

  2. implexadjective

    intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex

  3. Etymology: From implexus

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Implexadjective

    Intricate; entangled; complicated.

    Etymology: implexus, Latin.

    Every poem is either simple or implex: it is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. Spectator.

Wikipedia

  1. implex

    In genealogy, pedigree collapse describes how reproduction between two individuals who share an ancestor causes the number of distinct ancestors in the family tree of their offspring to be smaller than it could otherwise be. Robert C. Gunderson coined the term; synonyms include implex and the German Ahnenschwund (loosely translated: "loss of lineage").

Webster Dictionary

  1. Implexadjective

    intricate; entangled; complicated; complex

  2. Etymology: [L. implexus, p. p. of implectere to infold; pref. im- in + plectere to plait: cf. F implexe.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Implex

    im′pleks, adj. not simple: complicated.—n. Implex′ion.—adj. Implex′uous. [L. implexusin, into, plectĕre, to twine.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of implex in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of implex in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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  • Marjorie Manifold
    Marjorie Manifold
    In Santillana & Dechend's "Hamlet's Mill" - (1969, p.232): implex (as used here and later this word involves the necessary attributes that are associated with a concept: e.g., the center and circumference of a circle, the parallels and meredians implied by a sphere....) 
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