Dictionary![]() ![]() sim•plexPronunciation: (sim'pleks), [key] —adj., n., pl. -plex•es, -pli•cesPronunciation: (-plu-sēs"). [key] —adj. 1. simple; consisting of or characterized by a single element. 2. pertaining to or noting a telecommunications system permitting communication in only one direction at a time. —n. 1. Math.a basic geometric element in a Euclidean space, being a line segment in one dimension, a triangle in two dimensions, a tetrahedron in three dimensions, and so on: used in topology and linear programming. 2. an apartment having all the rooms on one floor. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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