compactness

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Yet often it is the compactness of Shakespeare’s writing that troubles translators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Technologies like rooftop photovoltaics, vehicle-to-grid systems and AI-optimized resource flows do not depend on compactness.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

She achieved such compactness through exquisite craftsmanship and a degree of precision that did not waste words.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

The new laser combines the compactness, robustness and low cost of fiber-based lasers with the advantages of crystal-based solid-state lasers, which can have a broad range of properties such as different powers and colors.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

Even an aluminum cookset offered considerations of weight, compactness, thermal dynamics, and general utility that could occupy a mind for hours.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson