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# simplification

noun (a simplification, simplifications; also uncountable)

«simplification» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The act of making something simpler or easier to understand or do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#m1)
2. An explanation or version that leaves out details to be easier, sometimes so much that it is no longer quite right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#m2)
3. (maths) Making an expression or fraction simpler, like turning 4/8 into 1/2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths lessons simplification means cancelling fractions, collecting like terms or reducing ratios to lowest terms. In science and history teachers say «this is a simplification» when a model is easier than the full truth (like the atom as tiny balls). Phrases: «an oversimplification», «a useful simplification».

### Examples

- Simplification of 6/9 gives 2/3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x1)
- Saying the Earth is a perfect ball is a simplification. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x2)
- The new rules are a simplification of the old ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x3)
- That's an oversimplification — the war had many causes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x4)
- Simplification of 2x + 3x gives 5x. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x5)
- The teacher made a simplification so younger children could follow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x6)
- Simplification of the instructions made the game easier to learn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/#x7)

### Note

Countable and uncountable. From «simplify» (y changes to i). In maths, simplification never changes the value: 4/8 and 1/2 are equal; you divide top and bottom by the same number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «simplification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simplification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«simplification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/simplification.html) on Mova free.