Duplex vs. Simplex
Duplexadjective
Double, made up of two parts.
Duplexadjective
(telecommunications) Bidirectional in two directions.
Duplexnoun
(US) A house made up of two dwelling units.
Duplexnoun
(philately) A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
Duplexnoun
(juggling) A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
Duplexnoun
(biochemistry) A double-stranded polynucleotide.
Duplexnoun
(geology) lang=en
Duplexverb
To make duplex.
Duplexverb
To make into a duplex.
Duplexverb
To make a series of duplex throws.
Duplexadjective
Double; twofold.
Duplexadjective
organized so that data may be transmitted in two opposite directions over the same channel; - of communications channels, such as data transfer lines between computers.
Duplexverb
To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.
Duplexnoun
something which is duplex; - used mostly in reference to a living unit, such as an apartment, in a building having two similar living units.
Duplexnoun
a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid molecule. See deoxyribonucleic acid.
Duplexnoun
a house with two units sharing a common wall
Duplexnoun
an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
Duplexadjective
(used technically of a device or process) having two parts;
Duplexadjective
allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously;
Simplexadjective
Single, simple; not complex.
Simplexadjective
(telecommunications) unidirectional
Simplexnoun
An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.
Simplexnoun
(linguistics) A simple word, one without affixes.
Simplexadjective
allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time;
Simplexadjective
having only one part or element;
Simplex
In geometry, a simplex (plural: simplexes or simplices) is a generalization of the notion of a triangle or tetrahedron to arbitrary dimensions. The simplex is so-named because it represents the simplest possible polytope in any given space.
