simplification

3 definitions found

simplification - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Simplification \Sim`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. simplification.]
     The act of simplifying. --A. Smith.
     [1913 Webster]

simplification - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  simplification
      n 1: an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces
           complexity
      2: elimination of superfluous details
      3: the act of reducing complexity [syn: reduction,
         simplification]

simplification - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "simplification":
     allegorization, clarification, cracking, decipherment, decoding,
     demonstration, demythologization, disentanglement, disinvolvement,
     distillation, easing, editing, elucidation, emendation,
     enlightenment, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, expediting,
     expedition, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding,
     facilitation, hastening, illumination, illustration, light,
     narrowing, purification, quickening, rationale, reason, refinement,
     simplifying, smoothing, solution, speeding, streamlining,
     stripping, stripping down, uncluttering, unlocking, unscrambling,
     unsnarling