simplicia

Noun

simplex (plural simplexes or (algebraic topology, geometry, linguistics) simplices or simplicia)

1. A generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension; more accurately, the convex hull of n+1 affinely independent points in n-dimensional space.
2. A word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes (inflectional affixes are usually disregarded); a monomorphemic word.
   • The word weak is a simplex. Its derivative weaken is not.
3. (archaic) In full simplex sentence: in transformational grammar: a simple sentence which is the product of a few transformations; a kernel sentence.
   • The question is: is 139. [“Priexal Vanja. ‘arrived Vanya’”] a simplex or is it a cleft structure in which all 'superfluous' constituents were deleted. […] The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.1978, Helga Harries-Delisle, “Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences”, in Joseph H[arold] Greenberg, editor, Universals of Human Language, volume 4 (Syntax), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University...
4. An apartment (or, sometimes, another type of property) having only one floor or storey; a single-storey property.

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