simplex
simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element.
pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system permitting communication in only one direction at a time.
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.
an apartment having all the rooms on one floor.
Origin of simplex
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How to use simplex in a sentence
Guillelmum Mari de Honosio arbitrarie puniendum, cruces simplices, peregrinationes minores.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I | Henry Charles LeaSimplices clos penetrant, et literati disputant utrum sit Deus!
Oxford and its Story | Cecil HeadlamNares basales, simplices, subrotund, plumulis densis incumbentibus in totum obtect.
Zoological Illustrations, Volume I | William SwainsonNam ita simplices qualiter cum prudentissimis et acutissimis quibusque, proficielebant.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 | J. H. Merle D'AubignUnicas esse per quas simplices Christiani ad agnitionem salutis inducerentur.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 | J. H. Merle D'Aubign
British Dictionary definitions for simplex
/ (ˈsɪmplɛks) /
permitting the transmission of signals in only one direction in a radio circuit, etc: Compare duplex
linguistics a simple not a compound word
geometry the most elementary geometric figure in Euclidean space of a given dimension; a line segment in one-dimensional space or a triangle in two-dimensional space
Origin of simplex
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