simplest

the simplest ketone

reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality

the simplest of the aromatic compounds

a appearing in a biblical canon a of or relating to or required by canon law s reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality s conforming to orthodox or recognized rules

A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.