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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Simplex"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hyrna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aonphléacs"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplesso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "símpleks",
"sense": "an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "си́мплекс"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplex"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a simple word",
"word": "perussana"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a simple word",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Simplex"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a simple word",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "simplex"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Henri Poincaré",
"Pieter Hendrik Schoute",
"Simplex (disambiguation)",
"simplex"
],
"word": "simplex"
}
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