elementary vs simplex

elementary

adj
  • Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something. 

  • Relating to an elementary school. 

  • Relating to a subatomic particle. 

noun
  • A supernatural being which is associated with the elements. 

  • An elementary school 

simplex

adj
  • Single, simple; not complex. 

  • Unidirectional. 

noun
  • A monomorphemic word, one without affixes. 

  • An analogue in a space of arbitrary dimensionality of the triangle or tetrahedron; the convex hull of n+1 linearly independent points in n-dimensional space; in other words, the triangle, tetrahedron etc., generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions. 

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