simplex
Adjective

simplex (not comparable)

  1. Single, simple; not complex.
  2. (telecommunications) unidirectional
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simplex (plural simplexes or simplices)

  1. (geometry, algebraic topology) An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.
  2. (linguistics) A simple word, one without affixes.
    • 1978, Helga Harries-Delisle, Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences, in Universals of Human Language, edited by Joseph H. Greenberg, ISBN 0804709696, page 460:
      The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.
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