simplex - Definitions from Dictionary.com

6 results for: simplex

Simplex Fire Alarm Parts Simplex fire alarm parts and components available www.lifesafetycom.com	Sponsored Links

Simplex Locks Looking for Simplex locks? Buy online from an industry leader. www.GoKeyless.com

Simplx Dropship Service Thousands of Name Brands. Millions of Products Drop Shipped for you. www.Simplx.com

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

sim·plex

Audio Help [sim-pleks] Pronunciation Key adjective, noun, plural -plex·es, -pli·ces

Audio Help [-pluh-sees] Pronunciation Key.

–adjective

1.	simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.

2.	pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system permitting communication in only one direction at a time.

–noun

3.	Mathematics. a basic geometric element in a Euclidean space, being a line segment in one dimension, a triangle in two dimensions, a tetrahedron in three dimensions, and so on: used in topology and linear programming.

4.	an apartment having all the rooms on one floor.

[Origin: 1585–95; < L: having a single layer, lit., one-fold, equiv. to sim-, base meaning “one” (akin to similis similar, Gk hén (neut.) one, homós same (see homo-), E same) + -plex -plex

]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Simplex Fire Alarm Parts Simplex fire alarm parts and components available www.lifesafetycom.com	Sponsored Links

Simplex Locks Looking for Simplex locks? Buy online from an industry leader. www.GoKeyless.com

Simplx Dropship Service Thousands of Name Brands. Millions of Products Drop Shipped for you. www.Simplx.com

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
simplex

To learn more about simplex visit Britannica.com

IntegriTime Solutions Inc Continuing WinSTAR® Services WinSTAR® Software & Hardware www.IntegriTime.com	Sponsored Links

Simplex Locks No one beats our prices Simplex Locks Pushbutton access 911safes.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

sim·plex Audio Help (sĭm'plěks') Pronunciation Key
adj.

Consisting of or marked by only one part or element.
Of or relating to a telecommunications system in which only one message can be sent in either direction at one time.

n. pl. sim·plex·es or sim·pli·ces (-plĭ-sēz')

Mathematics A Euclidean geometric spatial element having the minimum number of boundary points, such as a line segment in one-dimensional space, a triangle in two-dimensional space, or a tetrahedron in three-dimensional space.
Linguistics A word that has no affixes and is not part of a compound; a simple word.

[Latin, simple; see sem-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
simplex (adj.)

"characterized by a single part," 1594, from L. simplex "single, simple," from PIE base *sem- "one, together" (cf. L. semper "always," lit. "once for all;" Skt. sam "together;" see same) + *plac- "-fold." The noun is attested from 1892.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

simplex
adjective
1.	allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time; "simplex system"
2.	having only one part or element; "a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like 'boy' compared with 'boyish' or 'house' compared with 'houseboat'"

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

simplex
1. Used to describe a communications channel that can only ever carry a signal in one direction, like a one-way street. Television is an example of (broadcast) simplex communication.
Opposite: duplex.
2. The simplex method.
(2001-07-21)