simplex

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmplɛks/
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• General-American: /ˈsɪmˌplɛks/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪmplɪsiːz/
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• General-American: /ˈsɪmpləˌsiz/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /sɪmˈplɪsiə/
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The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin simplex (“plain, simple; single”). The first part, sim-, comes from Proto-Indo-European *sem-, *sm̥- (“one; together”). The second part, -plex, may be from *pleḱ- (“to weave”). The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural forms simplices and simplicia are learned borrowings from Latin simplicēs (masculine or feminine) and simplicia (neuter), respectively plural forms of simplex. Noun sense 1 (“generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension”) was apparently coined by the Dutch mathematician Pieter Hendrik Schoute (1846–1913) as a short version of Simplicissimum in Mehrdimensionale Geometrie (in German, 1902). (In his pioneering works on algebraic topology, the French mathematician Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) had previously introduced the concept, but not the actual term simplex.)

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: симплекс (simpleks) — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Catalan: símplex — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Chinese Mandarin: 單工 /单工 (dāngōng) — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Finnish: yksisuuntainen — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Greek: μονόδρομος (monódromos) — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Indonesian: simplêks — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Vietnamese: đơn công — of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time — see also unidirectional
• Finnish: simpleksinen — of a polyploid organism: having one dominant allele at a given locus on all homologous chromosomes
• Bulgarian: прост (prost) — of a word: having no affixes
• Finnish: simpleksinen — of a word: having no affixes
• Finnish: johtamaton — of a word: having no affixes
• Bulgarian: едноетажен (ednoetažen) — of a property: having only one floor or storey
• Finnish: yksikerroksinen — of a property: having only one floor or storey
• Albanian: simpleks — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Arabic: مُبَسَّط (mubassaṭ) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Armenian: սիմպլեքս (simplekʻs) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Basque: simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Bengali: ক্রমবর্তী সিমপ্লেক্স (kromborti śimoplekśo) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Bulgarian: си́мплекс (símpleks) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Catalan: símplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Chinese Mandarin: 單純形 /单纯形 (dānchúnxíng) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Chuvash: си́мплекс (símpleks) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Dutch: simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Finnish: simpleksi — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• French: simplexe — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• German: Simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Hebrew: סימפלקס — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Hungarian: szimplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Icelandic: hyrna — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Irish: aonphléacs — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Italian: simplesso — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Japanese: 単体 (tantai) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Kazakh: симплекс (simpleks) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Korean: 단체 (danche) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Norwegian Bokmål: simpleks — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Persian: سادک — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Polish: sympleks — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Portuguese: simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Portuguese: simplexo — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Romanian: simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Russian: си́мплекс (símpleks) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Slovak: simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Slovene: simpleks — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Spanish: símplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Swedish: simplex — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Thai: ซิมเพล็กซ์ — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Ukrainian: си́мплекс (sýmpleks) — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Uzbek: simpleks — generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension
• Finnish: perussana — word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes
• German: Simplex — word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes
• Swedish: simplex — word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes
• Finnish: simpleksinen virke — in transformational grammar: a simple sentence which is the product of a few transformations
• Bulgarian: едноета́жна сгра́да (ednoetážna sgráda) — property having only one floor or storey
• Finnish: yksikerroksinen kiinteistö — property having only one floor or storey