Definition: succinct

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

succinct
     adj : briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and
           compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and
           pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation
           of a wide-ranging subject" [syn: compendious, compact,
            summary]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to
   gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird.
   Cf. Cincture.]
   1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

            His habit fit for speed succinct.     --Milton.

   2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.

            Let all your precepts be succinct and clear.
                                                  --Roscommon.

            The shortest and most succinct model that ever
            grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind.
                                                  --South.

   Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic;
        terse. -- Suc*cinct"ly, adv. -- Suc*cinct"ness, n.