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51laconic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. concise, pithy. See shortness, diffuseness. Ant., wordy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. concise, brief, uncommunicative; see concise , short 2 , taciturn , terse . See Synonym Study at concise …
52succinct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. terse, concise, brief, crisp, laconic, meaty, pithy, sententious. See shortness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. concise, brief, crisp, pithy; see concise , short 2 , terse . See Synonym Study at… …
53Dragnet (series) — Dragnet Dragnet opening frame from the 1950s version Format Crime drama Created by Jack Webb …
54South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
55pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …
56Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
57English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
58Concise — Con*cise , a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.; cf. F. concis.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; used of …
59J (programming language) — Not to be confused with the J++ or J# programming languages. Infobox programming language name = J paradigm = array, functional, function level, tacit year = 1990 designer = Ken Iverson Roger Hui developer = JSoftware latest release version =… …
60skaldic poetry — Oral court poetry originating in Norway but developed chiefly by Icelandic poets (skalds) from the 9th to the 13th century. Skaldic poetry was contemporary with Eddic poetry (see Edda) but differed from it in metre, diction, and style. Eddic… …
