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  • 11conciseness — noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑concision, ↑pithiness, ↑succinctness • Derivationally related forms: ↑succinct (for: ↑ …

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  • 12pithiness — noun terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words • Syn: ↑conciseness, ↑concision, ↑succinctness • Derivationally related forms: ↑succinct (for: ↑succinctness), ↑ …

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  • 13Brevities — Brevity Brev i*ty, n.; pl. {Brevities}. [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[ e]vit[ e]. See {Brief}.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. [1913 Webster] 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness.… …

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  • 14Brevity — Brev i*ty, n.; pl. {Brevities}. [L. brevitas, fr. brevis short: cf. F. bri[ e]vit[ e]. See {Brief}.] 1. Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life. [1913 Webster] 2. Contraction into few words; conciseness. [1913… …

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  • 15succinct — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin succinctus having one s clothes gathered up by a belt, tightly wrapped, concise, from sub + cinctus, past participle of cingere to gird more at cincture Date: 15th century 1. archaic a. being girded …

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  • 16Regular expression — In computing, a regular expression provides a concise and flexible means for matching (specifying and recognizing) strings of text, such as particular characters, words, or patterns of characters. Abbreviations for regular expression include… …

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  • 17Tosefta — The Tosefta (Aramaic: תוספתא) is a secondary compilation of the Jewish oral law from the period of the Mishnah.OverviewIn many ways, the Tosefta acts as a supplement to the Mishnah ( tosefta means supplement ). The Mishnah is the basic… …

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  • 18Occam's razor — For the aerial theatre company, see Ockham s Razor Theatre Company. It is possible to describe the other planets in the solar system as revolving around the Earth, but that explanation is unnecessarily complex compared to the modern consensus… …

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  • 19Backus–Naur Form — In computer science, Backus–Naur Form (BNF) is a metasyntax used to express context free grammars: that is, a formal way to describe formal languages. John Backus and Peter Naur developed a context free grammar to define the syntax of a… …

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  • 20Witold Hurewicz — Not to be confused with Adolf Hurwitz.Witold Hurewicz (June 29 1904 September 6 1956) was a Polish mathematician. Early life and education He was born to a Jewish family in Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland).His father was an industrialist.… …

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