simple term
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsimpleandterm
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simple
adjective
uk/ˈsɪm.pəl/us/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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term
noun
uk/tɜːm/us/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsimple term
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Computation is represented as asimpletermrewriting system.
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Reanalysis is asimpleterm, with no excess baggage of incoherence and critical confusions.
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Some are bad things, again to use a verysimpleterm.
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Glue sniffing is a verysimpleterm, but it is far too simple.
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Let me stress that this proposal is far from asimpletermextension.
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It is asimpletermwhich describes some—but not all—of my political views.
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These can be viewed as a natural extension of term extraction, but result in term-based representations of document content that are nevertheless considerably more coherent thansimpletermenumeration.
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There may be some difficulties about "master", but it is asimpletermand has much to commend it.
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His own logic showed that some take-over bids are good things, to use a verysimpleterm.
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I may say that one of the suggestions which was made was that we should put in the verysimpleterm"runs away".
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The public understands asimpleterm, freedom from want; it does not understand all the complexities that are involved in it.
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Although "empty"is asimpleterm, rating and valuation law depends on the concept of"occupation" throughout, and it is better to be consistent.
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When dealing with hierarchically nested states and orthogonal regions, thesimpleterm"current state" can be quite confusing.
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