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Succinct

//səkˈsɪŋkt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Brief and to the point.

    "You should give clear, succinct information to the clients."

  2. 2
    Compressed into a tiny area.

    "Unlike general lossless data compression algorithms, succinct data structures retain the ability to use them in-place, without decompressing them first."

  3. 3
    Wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly. archaic
Adjective
  1. 1
    briefly giving the gist of something wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English succinte, succynt, from Old French succinct, from Latin succinctus, perfect passive participle of succingō (“gird from below”), from sub + cingō (“gird, wrap, surround”).

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