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simplex adjective

  /sɪmˈplɪsiə/ , /ˈsɪmpləˌsiz/ , /ˈsɪmplɛks/ , /ˈsɪmplɪsiːz/ , /ˈsɪmˌplɛks/
  • (anatomy, historical) Of an eye: (supposedly) having pigment on only the posterior surface of the iris and not the anterior surface, and thus appearing blue; this was later found to be inaccurate, as eye colour is due to the amount of pigment in the anterior surface of the iris; also, of eye pigmentation: present only on the posterior surface of the iris; and of a person: having eyes with this form of pigmentation.
  • (linguistics) Of a word: having no (derivational) affixes; simple, monomorphemic, uncompounded.
johtamaton, simpleksinen
  • Of a polyploid organism: having one dominant allele at a given locus on all homologous chromosomes.
simpleksinen
  • (originally, and, chiefly, US) Of an apartment (or, sometimes, another type of property): having only one floor or storey; single-storey.
yksikerroksinen
  • (computing, telecommunications) Of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time; unidirectional.
yksisuuntainen

simplex noun

  /sɪmˈplɪsiə/ , /ˈsɪmpləˌsiz/ , /ˈsɪmplɛks/ , /ˈsɪmplɪsiːz/ , /ˈsɪmˌplɛks/
  • A word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes (inflectional affixes are usually disregarded); a monomorphemic word.
perussana
  • (algebraic, _, topology, geometry) A generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension; more accurately, the convex hull of n+1 affinely independent points in n-dimensional space.
simpleksi
  • (grammar, archaic) In full simplex sentence: in transformational grammar: a simple sentence which is the product of a few transformations; a kernel sentence.
simpleksinen virke
  • (originally, and, chiefly, US) An apartment (or, sometimes, another type of property) having only one floor or storey; a single-storey property.
yksikerroksinen kiinteistö

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