simplex
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time
simplex system
Related & opposite
- telecommunication domain topic
- unidirectional similar to
Sense 2 adjective
having only one part or element
a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'
Related & opposite
- simple similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | telecommunication |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unidirectional |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | simple |