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a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

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  1. n. a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
  2. n. the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents
  3. n:100 n. a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components n. the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents