SIMPLIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does simplification mean? 

• SIMPLIFICATION (noun)
  The noun SIMPLIFICATION has 3 senses:

1. an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity

2. elimination of superfluous details

3. the act of reducing complexity

  Familiarity information: SIMPLIFICATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMPLIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("simplification" is a kind of...):

account; explanation (a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "simplification"):

oversimplification; simplism (a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation))

Derivation:

simplify (make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Elimination of superfluous details

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("simplification" is a kind of...):

elimination; riddance (the act of removing or getting rid of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "simplification"):

oversimplification; simplism (an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is)

rationalisation; rationalization ((mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation)

Derivation:

simplify (make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of reducing complexity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reduction; simplification

Hypernyms ("simplification" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "simplification"):

schematisation; schematization (the act of reducing to a scheme or formula)

Derivation:

simplify (make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent)