simple : Idioms & Phrases

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Fee simple

  • noun a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away
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  • (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits.
    Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. Shak.
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simple absence

  • noun an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes
    pure absence.
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simple closed curve

  • noun a closed curve that does not intersect itself
    Jordan curve.
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Simple contract

  • (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty.
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Simple equation

  • (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree.
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Simple eye

  • noun an eye having a single lens
    stemma; ocellus.
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  • (Zoöl.), an eye having a single lens; opposed to compound eye.
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simple fraction

  • noun the quotient of two integers
    common fraction.
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simple fracture

  • noun an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin
    closed fracture.
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simple fruit

  • noun an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry
    bacca.
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simple harmonic motion

  • noun periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement
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Simple interest

  • noun interest paid on the principal alone
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  • . See under Interest.
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Simple larceny

  • . (Law) See under Larceny.
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simple leaf

  • noun a leaf that is not divided into parts
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simple machine

  • noun a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
    machine.
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simple mastectomy

  • noun removal of a breast leaving the underlying muscles and the lymph nodes intact
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simple microscope

  • noun light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image
    hand glass; magnifying glass.
    • the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in 1250
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simple mindedness

  • noun a lack of penetration or subtlety
    simplicity; simpleness.
    • they took advantage of her simplicity
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Simple obligation

  • (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. Burrill.
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simple pendulum

  • noun a hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length
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simple phobia

  • noun any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
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simple pistil

  • noun consists of one carpel
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simple protein

  • noun a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed
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simple regression

  • noun the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
    statistical regression; regression; regression toward the mean.
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simple sentence

  • noun a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
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simple sugar

  • noun a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
    monosaccharose; monosaccharide.
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simple-hearted

Sim"ple-heart`ed adjective
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  1. Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott.
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simple-minded

  • adjective satellite lacking subtlety and insight
    • a simple-minded argument
  • adjective satellite lacking mental capacity and subtlety
    simple; dim-witted.
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Sim"ple-mind`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. Blackstone. -- Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n.
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