sim|plex

sim|plex
sim|plex «SIHM plehks», adjective, noun, plural sim|plex|es, sim|pli|ces «SIHM pluh seez», sim|pli|ci|a «sihm PLIHSH ee uh».
–adj.
1. consisting of or characterized by a single part or structure; not compound.
2. of or having to do with a system for sending telegraphic messages in only one direction at a time.
–n.
1. a simple, uncompounded word.
2. Mathematics. a figure or element having the minimum number of boundary points in a Euclidean space of a specified number of dimensions. The simplex of one-dimensional space is the line segment, of two-dimensional space the triangle, and of three-dimensional space the tetrahedron.
╂[< Latin simplex single < sem- one- (for semel once) + -plex -fold. See etym. of doublet simple. (Cf. ↑simple)]

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