Dimension vs Simplex - What's the difference?
dimension | simplex |
A single aspect of a given thing.
A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
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A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
(linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
(computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
(science fiction, fantasy) An alternative universe or plane of existence.
Single, simple; not complex.
(telecommunications) unidirectional
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.
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As nouns the difference between dimension and simplex
is that dimension is a single aspect of a given thing while simplex is an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.As a verb dimension
is to mark, cut or shape something to specified dimensions.As an adjective simplex is
single, simple; not complex.dimension
English
(wikipedia dimension)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
- The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.
Synonyms
* (single aspect of a thing ): aspect * (measure of spatial extent ): magnitude, proportion, size, scope * (construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished ): attribute, propertyDerived terms
* * * * correlation dimension * dimensional * dimensional analysis * dimensional shingle * exterior dimension * four-dimensional * fourth dimension * fractal dimension * Hamel dimension * Hausdorff dimension * information dimension * isoperimetric dimension * Kaplan-Yorke dimension * Krull dimension * Lebesgue covering dimension * Lyapunov dimension * multidimensional * one-dimensional * pointwise dimension * poset dimension * q-dimension * third dimension * three-dimensional * transdimensionalsimplex
English
(wikipedia simplex)Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* (simple) complex * (unidirectional) duplex (bidirectional)Coordinate terms
(unidirectional) * half-duplex * full-duplexNoun
(en-noun)- The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.