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noun 
  1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
    • 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistíªs of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
    • : For Plato the life of the philosopher is a life of struggle towards the goal of knowledge, towards "searching the heavens and measuring the plains, in all places seeking the nature of everything as a whole"
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    adjective 
    1. ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation.
    2. (computing) containing no non-printing characters; ASCII code values 32 through 126.
    Translations: 
    • Dutch: eenvoudig(nl)
    • French: simple(fr)
    • German: schlicht
    • Italian: semplice(it)
    • Spanish: sencillo(es)
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