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simplex | x |

As a noun simplex

is a simplex, a simple word without affixes, though in german it may have morphemes of inflection.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

simplex

Adjective

(-)
  • Single, simple; not complex.
  • (telecommunications) unidirectional
  • Antonyms

    * (simple) complex * (unidirectional) duplex (bidirectional)

    Coordinate terms

    (unidirectional) * half-duplex * full-duplex

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • 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:
  • 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

    * simplicial

    See also

    * complex

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----