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slovo definícia simple (mass) simple - prostý, jednoduchý, ľahký, naivný, hlupáčik, naivka simple (encz) simple,hloupý adj: Zdeněk Brož simple (encz) simple,hlupák n: Zdeněk Brož simple (encz) simple,jednoduchý adj: Zdeněk Brož; jadd simple (encz) simple,naivka n: Zdeněk Brož simple (encz) simple,naivní adj: Zdeněk Brož simple (encz) simple,prostoduchý adj: Zdeněk Brož simple (encz) simple,prostý adj: jadd Simple (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster] Simple (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants. [1913 Webster] As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed. --Garth. [1913 Webster] Simple (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, n. [F. See Simple, a.] 1. Something not mixed or compounded. "Compounded of many simples." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. [1913 Webster] What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 3. (Weaving) (a) A drawloom. (b) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom. [1913 Webster] 4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble. [1913 Webster] simple (wn) simple adj 1: having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" [ant: complex] 2: easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" [syn: elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic] 3: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" [syn: bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)] 4: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" [syn: childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, {dewy- eyed}, simple] 5: lacking mental capacity and subtlety [syn: dim-witted, simple, simple-minded] 6: (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions [syn: simple, unsubdivided] [ant: compound] 7: unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" n 1: any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties 2: a person lacking intelligence or common sense [syn: simpleton, simple] simple (foldoc) SIMPLE 1. Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). 2. Simulation of Industrial Management Problems with Lots of Equations. R.K. Bennett, 1958. Predecessor to DYNAMO, for IBM 704. SIMPLE (bouvier) SIMPLE. Not compounded, alone; as, simple interest, which is interest on the principal sum lent only and not interest on the interest; simple contract, &c.

podobné slovo definícia simpleminded (mass) simple-minded - prostoduchý, prihlúply fee simple (encz) fee simple, n: fee simple ownership (encz) fee simple ownership,neomezené vlastnictví [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač hemangioma simplex (encz) hemangioma simplex, n: herpes simplex (encz) herpes simplex,opar prostý Zdeněk Brož herpes simplex 1 (encz) herpes simplex 1, n: herpes simplex 2 (encz) herpes simplex 2, n: herpes simplex encephalitis (encz) herpes simplex encephalitis, n: herpes simplex virus (encz) herpes simplex virus, n: oversimple (encz) oversimple, pure and simple (encz) pure and simple, adj: simple absence (encz) simple absence, n: simple closed curve (encz) simple closed curve, n: simple deposit expansion multiplier (encz) simple deposit expansion multiplier,jednoduchý multiplikátor depozitní expanze [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač simple eye (encz) simple eye, n: simple fraction (encz) simple fraction, n: simple fracture (encz) simple fracture, n: simple fruit (encz) simple fruit, n: simple harmonic motion (encz) simple harmonic motion, n: simple interest (encz) simple interest,jednoduché úrokování n: Zdeněk Brožsimple interest,jednoduchý úrok n: Zdeněk Brož simple leaf (encz) simple leaf, n: simple machine (encz) simple machine, n: simple mastectomy (encz) simple mastectomy, n: simple microscope (encz) simple microscope, n: simple mindedness (encz) simple mindedness, n: simple pendulum (encz) simple pendulum, n: simple phobia (encz) simple phobia, n: simple pistil (encz) simple pistil, n: simple protein (encz) simple protein, n: simple regression (encz) simple regression, n: simple sentence (encz) simple sentence, simple sugar (encz) simple sugar, n: simple-minded (encz) simple-minded,prostoduchý adj: Zdeněk Brožsimple-minded,přihlouplý adj: Zdeněk Brož simple-mindedness (encz) simple-mindedness, simpleminded (encz) simpleminded, simpleness (encz) simpleness,prostota n: Zdeněk Brož simpler (encz) simpler,jednodušší simplest (encz) simplest,nejjednodušší adj: Zdeněk Brož simpleton (encz) simpleton,prosťáček Jaroslav Šedivý simplex (encz) simplex,simplex n: Zdeněk Brož simplex method (encz) simplex method,simplexová metoda n: [ekon.] Ivan Masár simplexes (encz) simplexes, simple mail transfer protocol (czen) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol,SMTP[zkr.] simplex (czen) simplex,simplexn: Zdeněk Brož simplexová metoda (czen) simplexová metoda,simplex methodn: [ekon.] Ivan Masár Fee simple (gcide) Fee \Fee\ (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of "property, money," arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. fehu cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel. f[=e] cattle, property, money, Goth. fa['i]hu, L. pecus cattle, pecunia property, money, Skr. pa[,c]u cattle, perh. orig., "a fastened or tethered animal," from a root signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf. OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. [root]249. Cf. Feud, Fief, Fellow, Pecuniary.] 1. property; possession; tenure. "Laden with rich fee." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc. [1913 Webster] To plead for love deserves more fee than hate. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. [1913 Webster] 4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. [1913 Webster] Note: All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a qualified or base fee, which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee tail, which is limited to particular heirs. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] 5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. [1913 Webster] Fee estate (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. Fee farm (Law), land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. --Blackstone. Fee farm rent (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. Fee fund (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid. Fee simple (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits. [1913 Webster] Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. --Shak. Fee tail (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs. --Burill. [1913 Webster] Herpes simplex (gcide) Herpes simplex \Her"pes simp`lex\, n. (Med.) either of two forms of herpesvirus infection, distinguished as being caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes mostly sores and eruptions around the mouth (cold sores and fever blisters) and at other points above the waist, and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), causing genital herpes. HSV-1 is also known in some cases to cause genital herpes infections. [PJC] Herpes simplex virus (gcide) Herpesvirus \Her"pes*vir`us\, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae, including among them such human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes, varicella-zoster virus (Herpes zoster virus) causing shingles and chickenpox (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus. [PJC] Simple (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster]Simple \Sim"ple\, v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants. [1913 Webster] As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed. --Garth. [1913 Webster]Simple \Sim"ple\, n. [F. See Simple, a.] 1. Something not mixed or compounded. "Compounded of many simples." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. [1913 Webster] What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 3. (Weaving) (a) A drawloom. (b) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom. [1913 Webster] 4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster] Simple equation (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster] Simple eye (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster] Simple fracture (gcide) Fracture \Frac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See Fraction.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. [1913 Webster] 3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. [1913 Webster] Comminuted fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. Complicated fracture (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. Compound fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. Simple fracture (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound. Syn: Fracture, Rupture. Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. "To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?" --South. [1913 Webster] Simple interest (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster]Interest \In"ter*est\, n. [OF. interest, F. int['e]r[^e]t, fr. L. interest it interests, is of interest, fr. interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. LL. interesse usury. See Essence.] [1913 Webster] 1. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern; a desire to learn more about a topic or engage often in an activity. [1913 Webster +PJC] Note: Interest expresses mental excitement of various kinds and degrees. It may be intellectual, or sympathetic and emotional, or merely personal; as, an interest in philosophical research; an interest in human suffering; the interest which an avaricious man takes in money getting. [1913 Webster] So much interest have I in thy sorrow. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Finance, Commerce) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks. [1913 Webster] 3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. [1913 Webster] Divisions hinder the common interest and public good. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] When interest calls of all her sneaking train. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. (Finance) A fee paid for the use of money; a fee paid for a loan; -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. [1913 Webster] They have told their money, and let out Their coin upon large interest. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. [1913 Webster] You shall have your desires with interest. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. [1913 Webster] Compound interest, interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due. Simple interest, interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest. [1913 Webster] Simple larceny (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster]Larceny \Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. Larcenies. [F. larcin, OE. larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. (?) hired servant. Cf. Latrociny.] (Law) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement. [1913 Webster] Grand larceny & Petit larceny are distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England. Mixed larceny, or Compound larceny, that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person. Simple larceny, that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances. [1913 Webster] Simple microscope (gcide) Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. [1913 Webster] Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece. Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under Oxyhydrogen, and Solar. Simple microscope, or Single microscope, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus. [1913 Webster] Simple motions (gcide) Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See Move.] 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to rest. [1913 Webster] Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Power of, or capacity for, motion. [1913 Webster] Devoid of sense and motion. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east. [1913 Webster] In our proper motion we ascend. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts. [1913 Webster] This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity. [1913 Webster] Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God. --South. [1913 Webster] 6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn. [1913 Webster] Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. [1913 Webster] The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint. --Grove. [1913 Webster] Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is that when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when parts move in the same direction. [1913 Webster] 9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound. Simple motions are: (a) straight translation, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. (b) Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called oscillating. (c) Helical, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. Compound motion consists of combinations of any of the simple motions. [1913 Webster] Center of motion, Harmonic motion, etc. See under Center, Harmonic, etc. Motion block (Steam Engine), a crosshead. Perpetual motion (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces independently of any action from without. According to the law of conservation of energy, such perpetual motion is impossible, and no device has yet been built that is capable of perpetual motion. [1913 Webster +PJC] Syn: See Movement. [1913 Webster] Simple obligation (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster] Simple pendulum (gcide) Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. Pendulums. [NL., fr. L. pendulus hanging, swinging. See Pendulous.] A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery. [1913 Webster] Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small. [1913 Webster] Ballistic pendulum. See under Ballistic. Compensation pendulum, a clock pendulum in which the effect of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of differene metals, that the distance of the center of oscillation from the center of suspension remains invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rods of different metals. Compound pendulum, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as being made up of different parts, and contrasted with simple pendulum. Conical pendulum or Revolving pendulum, a weight connected by a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal circle about the vertical from that point. Pendulum bob, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum. Pendulum level, a plumb level. See under Level. Pendulum wheel, the balance of a watch. Simple pendulum or Theoretical pendulum, an imaginary pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a material point suspended by an ideal line. [1913 Webster] Simple prebend (gcide) Prebend \Preb"end\ (pr[e^]b"[e^]nd), n. [F. pr['e]bende (cf. It. & Sp. prebenda), from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr. praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See Habit, and cf. Provender.] 1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice. [1913 Webster] 2. A prebendary. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Dignitary prebend, one having jurisdiction annexed to it. Simple prebend, one without jurisdiction. [1913 Webster] Simple-hearted (gcide) Simple-hearted \Sim"ple-heart`ed\, a. Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Simple-minded (gcide) Simple-minded \Sim"ple-mind`ed\, a. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. -- Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Simple-mindedness (gcide) Simple-minded \Sim"ple-mind`ed\, a. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. -- Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Simpleness (gcide) Simpleness \Sim"ple*ness\, n. The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Simpler (gcide) Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." --Spenser. "His simple story." --Burns. [1913 Webster] 3. Mere; not other than; being only. [1913 Webster] A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. [1913 Webster] Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. [1913 Webster] Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. [1913 Webster] To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. [1913 Webster] In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. [1913 Webster] 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. [1913 Webster] 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." --Shak. [1913 Webster] The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. [1913 Webster] 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. [1913 Webster] Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. [1913 Webster] A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. [1913 Webster] 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. [1913 Webster] Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. [1913 Webster] 12. (Min.) Homogenous. [1913 Webster] 13. (Zool.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. [1913 Webster] Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. Simple interest. See under Interest. Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. [1913 Webster] I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. [1913 Webster]Simpler \Sim"pler\, n. One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist. [1913 Webster] Simpler's joy. (Bot.) Vervain. [1913 Webster]