succinct

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sə(k)ˈsɪŋkt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /səkˈsɪŋ(k)t/

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• Hyphenation: suc‧cinct

succinct (comparative succincter, superlative succinctest)

1. brief and to the point
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. (archaic) wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

• concise
• laconic
• See also Thesaurus:concise

• succinctness
• succinctly

• IPA^(key): /syk.sɛ̃/

succinct (feminine singular succincte, masculine plural succincts, feminine plural succinctes)

1. succinct
2. (informal, figuratively) light

   un repas succinct

   a light meal

3. (by extension) Concise in its intentions.