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simplex definition

sim·plex (sim′pleks′)

adjective

  1. having only one part; not complex or compounded
  2. designating or of a system of telegraphy, telephony, etc. in which a signal can be transmitted in only one direction at a time

Etymology: L, simple < IE base *sem-, one + *plak-: see duplex

noun pl. simplexes -·plexes or simplices -·pli·ces′ (-plə sēz′)

Math. an element or figure contained within a Euclidean space of a specified number of dimensions and having one more boundary point than the number of dimensions (Ex.: a simplex of zero dimensions is a point, of one dimension is a line segment, of two dimensions is a triangle and its interior, of three dimensions is a tetrahedron and its interior)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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