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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
simplex
adj 1: allowing communication in only one direction at a time,
or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at
a time; "simplex system"
2: 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'"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
simplex
1. Used to describe a communications channel
that can only ever carry a signal in one direction, like a
one-way street. Television is an example of ({broadcast)
simplex communication.
Opposite: duplex.
2. The simplex method.
(2001-07-21)
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
SIMPLEX. Simple or single; as, charta simplex, is a deed-poll, of single
deed. Jacob's L. Dict. h.t.
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