"simplification" meaning in English

See simplification in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌsɪm.plɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɪm.plə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], /ˌsɪm.plə.fəˈkæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-simplification.wav [Southern-England] Forms: simplifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From the French simplification. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|fr|simplification}} French simplification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} simplification (countable and uncountable, plural simplifications)
  1. The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of simplifying): опростяване (oprostjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), simplificació [feminine] (Catalan), 簡單化 (Chinese Mandarin), 简单化 (jiǎndānhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 簡化 (Chinese Mandarin), 简化 (jiǎnhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), zjednodušení [neuter] (Czech), vereenvoudiging [feminine] (Dutch), versimpeling [feminine] (Dutch), simplification [feminine] (French), simplificación [feminine] (Galician), Vereinfachung [feminine] (German), απλούστευση (aploústefsi) [feminine] (Greek), απλοποίηση (aplopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), egyszerűsítés (Hungarian), semplificazione [feminine] (Italian), 単純化 (tanjunka) (alt: たんじゅんか) (Japanese), forenkling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forenkling [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), uproszczenie [neuter] (Polish), simplificação [feminine] (Portuguese), упроще́ние (uproščénije) [neuter] (Russian), pojednostavljenje (Serbo-Croatian), simplificación [feminine] (Spanish), förenkling [common-gender] (Swedish), pagpayak (Tagalog), pamayak (Tagalog), basitleştirme (Turkish), sự đơn giản hóa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-simplification-en-noun-DWUn~LkV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'act of simplifying': 96 4
  2. (logic) A valid simple argument. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-simplification-en-noun-ZKbBJPW6 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lexical simplification, text simplification

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of simplifying",
      "word": "sự đơn giản hóa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "simplification (logic)"
  ],
  "word": "simplification"
}

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