Synonyms:
reduction, simplification
Meaning: the act of reducing complexity
Synonyms:
simplification
Meaning: elimination of superfluous details
Synonyms:
simplification
Meaning: an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity
Usage examples
He was rewarded by finding that at any rate the plane of the orbit did not tilt up and down: it was fixed, and this was a simplification on Copernicus's theory.
But, since such treatment gives a totally false idea of his achievement, this little sketch, drawn straight from original sources, tries to show him as he really was, a co-worker with the British fleet in a war based entirely on naval strategy and inseparably connected with international affairs of world-wide significance. The only simplification attempted here is that of arrangement and expression.