Simplification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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