(n)South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918), Syn.Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
(n)a set of complex numbers that has a highly convoluted fractal boundary when plotted; the set of all points in the complex plane that are bounded under a certain mathematical iteration
a. [ G. mandel almond. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]