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1. Chem (of a substance or material) consisting of only one chemical compound rather than a mixture of compounds
2. Maths
a. (of a fraction) containing only integers
b. (of an equation) containing variables to the first power only; linear
c. (of a root of an equation) occurring only once; not multiple
3. Biology not divided into parts
4. Music relating to or denoting a time where the number of beats per bar may be two, three, or four
5. a plant, esp a herbaceous plant, having medicinal properties
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simple
[′sim·pəl](biology)
Made up of one piece.
Unbranched.
Consisting of identical units, as a simple tissue.
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SIMPLE
(1)Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
SIMPLE
(2)Simulation of Industrial Management Problems with Lots of Equations. R.K. Bennett, 1958. Predecessor to DYNAMO, for IBM 704.
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