simplex

Etymology
From.

In the mathematical sense, apparently first used (in German) in 1902,, Mehrdimensionale Geometrie, where Schoute first suggests the term Simplicissimum, but then from the next page decides to use simplex "for short". In his pioneering works on algebraic topology, had previously introduced the concept, but not the actual term simplex.

Adjective

 * 1) Single, simple; not complex.
 * 2)  Unidirectional.

Antonyms

 * bidirectional
 * bidirectional

Translations

 * Catalan: símplex
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:

Noun

 * 1)  An analogue in a space of arbitrary dimensionality of the triangle or tetrahedron; the convex hull of n+1 linearly independent points in n-dimensional space; in other words, the triangle, tetrahedron etc., generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.
 * 2)  A monomorphemic word, one that is not compound and contains no derivational affixes

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 单纯形
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: aonphléacs
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: perussana
 * German:
 * Swedish: simplex

Etymology
From, from the same root as.

Adjective

 * 1) single
 * 2) simple, plain, uncompounded
 * 3) pure, unmixed
 * 4) sincere, naive, frank, open, without guile, guileless, unsuspecting

Etymology
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