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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>SIMPLIFI</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="simplicism"> simplicism, noun. =simplism.</DL> <A NAME="simplicist"> simplicist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person who advocates or cultivates simplicity. Ex. In music he is a simplicist (Harper's). <DD>adj. =simplistic. </DL> <A NAME="simplicistic"> simplicistic, adjective. =simplistic.</DL> <A NAME="simplicity"> simplicity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the condition or quality of being simple. Ex. simplicity of structure. <DD> 2. freedom from difficulty; clearness. Ex. The simplicity of the book makes it suitable for children. Simplicity is become a very rare quality in a writer (William Cowper). <DD> 3. an absence of ornament or freedom from useless accessories; plainness. Ex. Hospital rooms are furnished with simplicity. <DD> 4. an absence of or freedom from luxury; plainness, especially rustic plainness, of life. Ex. The simplicities of cottage life (Wordsworth). <DD> 5. an absence of show or pretense; sincerity; straightforwardness. <DD> 6. a lack of shrewdness; dullness. Ex. His simplicity made him easily fooled. <DD> 7. something simple or simple-minded. Ex. The ... policy is to go on talking simplicities about defending freedom (Anthony Lewis). </DL> <A NAME="simplification"> simplification, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of simplifying. Ex. The simplification ... is aimed ... at lightening unnecessary and unintended burdens on trade (Wall Street Journal). <DD> 2. the condition of being simplified. <DD> 3. a change to a simpler form or condition. Ex. Mounted above it was a large, multicolored simplification of the atom (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="simplificative"> simplificative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to simplify. </DL> <A NAME="simplificator"> simplificator, noun. =simplifier.</DL> <A NAME="simplifier"> simplifier, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that simplifies. </DL> <A NAME="simplify"> simplify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make plainer or easier; make simple or simpler. Ex. "Tho" is a simplified spelling of "though." The program has been modified, but not simplified, for their benefit (Time). </DL> <A NAME="simplism"> simplism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the advocacy or cultivation of simplicity. <DD> 2. an affected or labored simplicity. </DL> <A NAME="simplistic"> simplistic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> trying to explain everything, or too much, by a single principle. Ex. The facts of nature and of life are more apt to be complex than simple. Simplistic theories are generally one-sided and partial (James Freeman Clarke). adv. simplistically. </DL> <A NAME="simply"> simply, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in a simple manner. Ex. The problem can be solved very simply by arithmetic. <DD> 2. without much ornament; without pretense or affectation; plainly. Ex. The nurse was simply dressed. <DD> 3. in simple language; clearly. <DD> 4. merely; only. Ex. The baby did not simply cry, he yelled. <DD> 5. foolishly. Ex. He acted as simply as an idiot. <DD> 6. absolutely. Ex. simply perfect, simply hopeless. </DL> <A NAME="simulacra"> simulacra, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of simulacrum. Ex. We see why the greater part of the work done on the mechanical simulacra of the brain has been on machines which are more or less on a digital basis (Norbert Wiener). </DL> <A NAME="simulacre"> simulacre, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) a material or mental representation; image of a person or thing. </DL> <A NAME="simulacrum"> simulacrum, noun, pl. -cra or -crums.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a faint, shadowy, or unreal likeness; mere semblance. Ex. The dictator permitted only a simulacrum of democracy. <DD> 2. an image. Ex. It exists on a little island in time as a simulacrum of Moslem culture in its purity (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="simulant"> simulant, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> presenting theappearance of something else; simulating. Ex. stamens simulant of petals. </DL> <A NAME="simular"> simular, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a person or thing that simulates; simulator. <DD>adj. 1. simulated; pretended. <DD> 2. simulative of something. </DL> <A NAME="simulate"> simulate, verb, -lated, -lating, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to put on a false appearance of; pretend; feign. Ex. She simulated interest to please her friend. A government ... in word and action simulating reform (Matthew Arnold). (SYN) sham. <DD> 2. to act like; look like; imitate. Ex. Certain insects simulate flowers or leaves. <DD> 3. to imitate or represent (a physical or social system or its activity); make a simulation of. Ex. What the computer did is called simulation. Working from data given it, the computer calculated, or simulated, the satellite's position at various instants and produced the picture on microfilm (Atlantic). <DD>adj. pretended; feigned. </DL> <A NAME="simulation"> simulation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or practice of simulating: <DD> a. pretense; feigning. Ex. Simulation is a pretence of what is not, and Dissimulation a concealment of what is (Sir Richard Steele). <DD> b. imitation. Ex. a harmless insect's simulation of a poisonous one. <DD> 2a. the representation or imitation of a physical or social system or its activity by a computer for the purpose of predicting the behavior of that system under certain conditions. <DD> b. one such representation or model. Ex. These methods, known collectively as simulations, involve the making of numerical models of large scale systems and solving them on high-speed computers for all imaginable configurations (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="simulative"> simulative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by simulation; simulating. adv. simulatively. </DL> <A NAME="simulator"> simulator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who simulates or pretends. <DD> 2. a thing that simulates, such as an apparatus that duplicates airplane or missile flight conditions. Ex. [The airline] has installed half a dozen new simulators within the past year to train pilots to land when visibility is bad (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="simulcast"> simulcast, verb, -cast or -casted, -casting, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t., v.i. to transmit (a program) over radio and television simultaneously. Ex. The Firestone Hour ... is "simulcast" at 8:30 (New York Times). <DD>noun 1. a program transmitted over radio and television simultaneously. Ex. The audience will get the usual feature and, in addition, the simulcast (Newsweek). <DD> 2. transmission of a program over radio and television simultaneously. </DL> <A NAME="simuliumfly"> simulium fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of small flies or gnats found near rivers and streams throughout the world, as the black fly. Several varieties are the carriers of onchocerciasis. </DL> <A NAME="simultaneism"> simultaneism, noun. =synthetic cubism.</DL> <A NAME="simultaneity"> simultaneity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or fact of being simultaneous; occurrence at the same time. Ex. It is this simultaneity of the end of history as we knew it in the Western world, and the beginning of history in Asia and Africa, which makes the present world situation so confused and unpredictable (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="simultaneous"> simultaneous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> done, existing, operating, or happening at the same time. Ex. The two simultaneous shots sounded like one. Everyone in the audience burst into simultaneous applause. (SYN) coincident, contemporaneous. noun simultaneousness. </DL> <A NAME="simultaneousequations"> simultaneous equations,<DL COMPACT><DD> two or more equations or inequalities, with two or more unknowns, for which a set of values of the unknowns is sought that is a solution of all the equations or inequalities. </DL> <A NAME="simultaneously"> simultaneously, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> at once; at the same time; together. </DL> <A NAME="simurgh"> simurgh, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a monstrous bird of Persian mythology, corresponding to the Arabian roc. </DL> <A NAME="sin"> sin (1), noun, verb, sinned, sinning.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a breaking of the law of God on purpose. Ex. human sin. Men have dulled their eyes with sin (Henry Van Dyke). <DD> b. the state or condition resulting from this. Ex. born and raised in sin. <DD> 2. wrongdoing of any kind; immoral act. Lying, stealing, dishonesty, and cruelty are all sins. <DD> 3. a violation of any rule or standard, as of taste or propriety. <DD>v.i. 1. to break the law of God; be a sinner. Ex. That the saint sinned is not believable. The tempter, or the tempted, who sins most? (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. to offend (against some principle, standard, person, or group); do wrong or be wrong. Ex. more sinned against than sinning (Shakespeare). Faces sinning against all proportion (Byron). <DD>v.t. 1. to do, perform, or perpetrate sinfully; commit (a sin). Ex. A man ... who had sinned all the sins (H. G. Wells). <DD> 2a. to bring (oneself into a state, or beyond something) by sinning. <DD> b. to drive (away) by sinning. Ex. Souls which have sinned away the grace of God and are beyond its reach (Edward B. Pusey). expr. live in sin, to live as man and wife without being married. Ex. ... the peculiarities of income tax laws which can make living in sin a better financial proposition for working couples than respectable marriage (Sunday Times). </DL> <A HREF="sinaean.dic">NEXT</A>