English Dictionary
Definition of “simplification”
Word Frequency
simplification (ˌsɪmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
Definitions
noun
- you can use simplification to refer to the thing that is produced when you make something
simpler or when you reduce it to its basic elements ⇒
Like any such diagram, it is a simplification.
- the act or process of making something simpler ⇒
Everyone favours the simplification of court procedures.
- (mathematics) the process of reducing (an equation, fraction, etc) to a simpler form by cancellation of common factors, regrouping of terms in the same variable, etc
- (mathematics) an inference that if A and B is true, then A is true and B is true
simplify (ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ
)
Definitions
verb
-fies, -fying, -fied tr- to make less complicated, clearer, or easier
- (mathematics) to reduce (an equation, fraction, etc) to a simpler form by cancellation of common factors, regrouping of terms in the same variable, etc
Derived Forms
ˌsimplifiˈcation nounˈsimplificative adjective
ˈsimpliˌfier noun
Word Origin
C17: via French from Medieval Latin simplificāre, from Latin simplus simple + facere to makeTranslations for 'simplification'
- British English: simplification You can use simplification to refer to the thing that is produced when you make something simpler or when you reduce it to its basic elements. NOUNLike any such diagram, it is a simplification.outcome
- Brazilian Portuguese: simplificação
- Chinese: 简化了的事物简簡化了的事物
- European Spanish: simplificación
- French: simplification
- German: Vereinfachung
- Italian: semplificazione
- Japanese: 簡略化されたもの
- Korean: 간소화
- Portuguese: simplificação
- Spanish: simplificación
- British English: simplification Simplification is the act or process of making something simpler. NOUNEveryone favours the simplification of court procedures.act
- Brazilian Portuguese: simplificação
- Chinese: 简化简<TRAD>簡</TRAD>化簡化了的事物
- European Spanish: simplificación
- French: simplification
- German: Vereinfachung
- Italian: semplificazione
- Japanese: 簡略化
- Korean: 단순화
- Portuguese: simplificação
- Spanish: simplificación
Example Sentences Including 'simplification'
A simplification of the self-assessment process would be a good start.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Although he would not go into detail, he said the reforms would involve a "radical simplification " of the existing system.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
In any house of any period you will find a simplification of handling which spreads out from the centre.The Education of a Gardener
Perhaps unsurprisingly, a simplification of the pensions system is, of these, the priority.Irish Times (2002)
Sloan let this simplification of what must have been a very complicated chemical process pass.A Dead Liberty
The next phase of our technological evolution, he says, is simplification.New Zealand Herald (2003)
The plan includes cuts in the import tariffs on 1,497 items and the simplification of export procedures.Business Today (1996)
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