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simplex
adjective
- having only one part; not complex or compounded
- designating or of a system of telegraphy, telephony, etc. in which a signal can be transmitted in only one direction at a time
noun pl. simplexes or simplices
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)
See simplex in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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