(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 ]