elemental vs simplex

elemental

adj
  • Basic, fundamental or elementary. 

  • Of, or relating to a force of nature, especially to severe atmospheric conditions. 

  • Of, relating to, or being an element (as opposed to a compound). 

  • Of the ancient supposed elements of earth, air, fire and water. 

noun
  • A creature (usually a spirit) that is attuned with, or composed of, one of the classical elements: air, earth, fire and water or variations of them like ice, lightning, etc. They sometimes have unique proper names and sometimes are referred to as Air, Earth, Fire, or Water. 

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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