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simplex
English
Etymology
From Latin simplex.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?mpl?ks/
Adjective
simplex (not comparable)
- Single, simple; not complex.
- (telecommunications) unidirectional
Antonyms
- (simple): complex
- (unidirectional): duplex (bidirectional)
Coordinate terms
(unidirectional):
- half-duplex
- semiduplex
- full duplex
Translations
Noun
simplex (plural simplexes or simplices or simplicia)
- (geometry, algebraic topology) An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.
- (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, 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.
- 1978, Helga Harries-Delisle, Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences, in Universals of Human Language, edited by Joseph H. Greenberg, ?ISBN, page 460:
Derived terms
- simplicial
Translations
See also
- complex
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *sempleks, from the same root as semel + plic? (“I fold”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sim.pleks/, [?s??mp???ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sim.pleks/, [?simpl?ks]
Adjective
simplex (genitive simplicis, comparative simplicior, superlative simplicissimus, adverb simpliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- single
- simple, plain, uncompounded
- pure, unmixed
- sincere, naive, frank, open, without guile
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Derived terms
- simplic?bilis
- simplicit?s
- simpliciter
Related terms
- duplex
- simplus
- triplex
- quadruplex
Descendants
- Old Leonese:
- Mirandese: simples
- Old Portuguese: simplez
- Portuguese: simples, símplice
- ? Asturian: simple
- ? Catalan: simple
- ? Dutch: simpel
- ? English: simplex
- ? Friulian: sempliç
- ? Galician: simple
- ? German: simpel
- ? Norwegian: simpel
- ? Italian: semplice
- ? Middle Low German: simpel
- ? Old Swedish: simpel
- Swedish: simpel
- ? Finnish: simppeli
- Swedish: simpel
- ? Old Swedish: simpel
- ? Old French: simple, sinple
- French: simple
- ? Romanian: simplu
- ? Middle English: symple, simple
- Scots: semple
- English: simple
- French: simple
- ? Romansch: simpel, sempel
- Sicilian: sìmprici, sìmplici
- ? Spanish: simple
- Chavacano: simple
- ? Brythonic: *s?ml
- Middle Welsh: symyl
- Welsh: syml
- Middle Welsh: symyl
References
- simplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- simplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- simplex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- simplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
From French simplex.
Noun
simplex n (uncountable)
- simplex
Declension
simplex From the web:
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duplex
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare ????? (plék?, “twist, braid”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: do?o'pl?ks, IPA(key): /?dupl?ks/
Adjective
duplex (not comparable)
- Double, made up of two parts.
- (telecommunications) Bidirectional (in two directions).
- duplex telegraphy
- (soil science) Having horizons with contrasting textures.
- 1977, Australian Journal of Botany (volume 25, page 462)
- Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]
- 1977, Australian Journal of Botany (volume 25, page 462)
Antonyms
- (bidirectional): simplex (unidirectional)
Hyponyms
(bidirectional):
- full duplex
- half-duplex
- semiduplex
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
duplex (plural duplexes)
- (US) A house made up of two dwelling units.
- (philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
- (juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
- (biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.
- (geology) A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
- 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (page 16)
- In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.
- 1995, Robert D. Hatcher, Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and Problems (page 211)
- It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]
- 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin (page 16)
Related terms
Translations
See also
Verb
duplex (third-person singular simple present duplexes, present participle duplexing, simple past and past participle duplexed)
- To make duplex.
- To make into a duplex.
- (juggling) To make a series of duplex throws.
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex, see above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.pl?ks/
Noun
duplex m (plural duplex)
- a link between two points, such as a cable or a wire
- duplex, maisonette (dwelling)
Derived terms
- duplexer
Further reading
- “duplex” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin duplex.
Noun
duplex m (invariable)
- party line
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dwipleks, formed from duo (“two”) and plec-, from the root of plic? (“fold”); cf. also plect?, plexum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?du.pleks/, [?d??p???ks?] or IPA(key): /?dup.leks/, [?d??p???ks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?du.pleks/, [?d?u?pl?ks] or IPA(key): /?dup.leks/, [?d?upl?ks]
Adjective
duplex (genitive duplicis, adverb dupliciter); third-declension one-termination adjective
- twofold, double
- bipartite, cloven
- ambiguous
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
- Sg.Abl. sometimes duplice.
Descendants
- English: duplex
- French: duplex
- Galician: dobre (possibly)
- Italian: duplice, duplex
- Spanish: doble (possibly), dúplex
References
- duplex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- duplex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- duplex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- duplex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Romanian
Etymology
From French duplex
Noun
duplex n (plural duplexuri)
- duplex
Declension
duplex From the web:
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- what duplex apartment means
- what's duplex house
- what duplex stainless steel
- what's duplex home
- what duplex apartment
- what's duplex ultrasound
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