simpleks — meaning in English

English meaning

• simplex adj Having a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.

Senses

simpleks is used for these senses in English:

• simplex (computing, telecommunications) Of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time; unidirectional.

simplex — full definition

1. adj Having a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.
2. adj Of an eye: (supposedly) having pigment on only the posterior surface of the iris and not the anterior surface, and thus appearing blue; this was later found to be inaccurate, as eye colour is due to the amount of pigment in the anterior surface of the iris; also, of eye pigmentation: present only on the posterior surface of the iris; and of a person: having eyes with this form of pigmentation.
3. adj Of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time; unidirectional.
4. adj Of a polyploid organism: having one dominant allele at a given locus on all homologous chromosomes.