Simplex vs Implex - What's the difference?
simplex | implex |
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.
* 1978 , Helga Harries-Delisle, Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences'', in ''Universals of Human Language , edited by Joseph H. Greenberg, ISBN 0804709696, page 460:
Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
* Joseph Addison, essay in The Spectator , 9 February 1711/12:
A genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.
As nouns the difference between simplex and implex
is that simplex is a simplex, a simple word without affixes, though in german it may have morphemes of inflection while implex is a genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.As an adjective implex is
intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.simplex
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.
Derived terms
* simplicialSee also
* compleximplex
English
Adjective
(-)- The fable of every poem is, according to Aristotle’s division, either simple or implex'. It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; '''implex''', when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. The ' implex fable is thought most perfect: I suppose, because it is more proper to stir up the passion of the reader, and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents.