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

Modeling based on the skewed-high axis-ratio distribution shows that the ratio of the shortest to the longest of their three axes is, on average, half and increases with spatial compactness.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

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

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

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