simplification

UK/ˌsɪm.plɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌsɪm.plə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #15,188 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: simplifications

A simplification is the making of something easier to follow. A useful simplification.

Every one loses something, which is why the question is always what was left out. A simplification that misleads is worse than the complication it replaced.

Definitions of simplification

1nounsimplificationThe making of something easier to follow.B2+
“The simplification of the form cut the errors by half.”

simplification is a making simple.

Where it comes from

French simplification comes from Latin simplex, simple, plus facere, to make.

Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-
French
simplification
English, today
simplification

From the French simplification.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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simplification in the wild

The PRC government has never officially declared the simplification process complete.
Simplified Chinese characters
In Japanese language, Ryakuji are colloquial simplifications of kanji.
Ryakuji
Following widespread confusion and opposition, the second round of simplification was officially rescinded on 24 June 1986 by the State Council.
Second round of simplified Chinese characters
Rather than ruling out further simplification, however, the retraction declared that further reform of the Chinese characters should be done with caution.
Second round of simplified Chinese characters
Staveless runes were the climax of the simplification process in the evolution of runic alphabets that had started when the Elder Futhark was superseded by the Younger Futhark.
Staveless runes

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