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layman's terms
[ ley-muhnz turmz ]
plural noun
- words or text that are easily understood, as by someone who is not familiar with the jargon of a given profession or field:
Can you please explain in layman's terms how this economic proposal is going to affect the taxpayers?
Keep the information simple and in everyday layman's terms.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of layman's terms1
Example Sentences
Or put in layman's terms, a one-in-435 chance.
His seductive and affable manner of describing the essence of a budding romance in layman’s terms is inviting.
While an academic journal entry might take on more scientific terms and explanations, Neff breaks down the process of his work with ice cores in layman’s terms, rushing through the narration — “drill your ice core borehole,” “load ice in the vacuum chamber,” “melt that ice” — in a matter-of-fact voice for a video that has more than 617,000 views as of this writing.
Simply put, as Kamya said, it's very technical, and "the people who are very familiar with the technical aspects of AI, they'll use terms they all understand that aren't necessarily easy to digest them and speak about in layman's terms."
Thirty-six years ago, Gary Brinson cracked open Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time,” a bestseller in which the renowned physicist sought to explain the mysteries of the universe in layman’s terms.
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