make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives" (simplification [..]

To write a sum, expression or ratio in its lowest terms. For example 4:10:6 can be simplified to 2:5:3.

1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + root of facere "t [..]

v. To make less complex or difficult.

(v) make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent

1. The Chess Glossary Team had a sudden, collective brain wave that included the spiffing idea of simplifying their work - chiefly by doing no work ... To which management suggested they simplified things, by doing no payroll ... All of which contributed to the following entry: 2. Chess ... Simplify ... Trading Pieces, to clear most or all of the & [..]

Exchanging pieces in order to reach a winning endgame, neutralize your enemy's attack, or clarify the position.

(transitive) To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand. To become simpler. * '''2006''', Karen Oslund, “Reading Backwards: Lan [..]