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  • 21Engineered language — Engineered languages (sometimes abbreviated to engilangs or engelangs ), are constructed languages devised to test or prove some hypothesis about how languages work or might work. There are at least three subcategories, philosophical languages… …

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  • 22brevity — /brev i tee/, n. 1. shortness of time or duration; briefness: the brevity of human life. 2. the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness: Brevity is the soul of wit. [1500 10; < AF brevite, OF brievete. See BRIEF, ITY] Syn. 2.&#8230; …

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  • 23brevity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. concision, briefness, shortness, transientness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shortness, conciseness, concision, briefness, terseness, pointedness, pithiness, compression, succinctness, crispness,&#8230; …

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  • 24brevity — brev•i•ty [[t]ˈbrɛv ɪ ti[/t]] n. 1) shortness of time or duration; briefness 2) the quality of expressing much in few words • Etymology: 1500–10; &LT; AF brevite, OF brievete. See brief, ity syn: brevity, conciseness refer to the use of few words …

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  • 25Brevities — 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.&#8230; …

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  • 26Brevity — 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&#8230; …

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  • 27concise — adjective Etymology: Latin concisus, from past participle of concidere to cut up, from com + caedere to cut, strike Date: circa 1590 marked by brevity of expression or statement ; free from all elaboration and superfluous detail < a concise&#8230; …

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  • 28Expressive power — In computer science, the expressive power of a language may refer to: * what can be said in the language (at all) * how concisely it can be said.In informal discussions, the term often refers to the latter sense, or both; e.g. this is often the&#8230; …

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  • 29Online questionnaires — With the increasing use of the Internet, online questionnaires have become a popular way of collecting information. The design of an online questionnaire often has an affect how the quality of data gathered. There are many factors in designing an …

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  • 30Futurism (literature) — Futurism as a literary movement made its official debut with F.T. Marinetti s Manifesto of Futurism (1909), as it delineated the various ideals Futurist poetry should strive for. Poetry, the predominant medium of Futurist literature, can be&#8230; …

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