Simplex

Origin

From Latin

Full definition of simplex

Adjective

1. Single, simple; not complex.
2. (telecommunications) unidirectional

Noun

1. (geometry, algebraic topology) An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.
2. (linguistics) A simple word, one without affixes.
• 1978, Helga Harries-Delisle, Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences, in Universals of Human Language, edited by Joseph H. Greenberg, ISBN 0804709696, page 460:The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.

Derived terms

• simplicial