An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities. Example: My room is neat because I tidied it this morning. She has very neat hair.
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below. Example: I like my whisky neat.
Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent. Example: The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat. The molecular beam was neat acetylene.
With all deductions or allowances made; net.
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful. Example: The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise. Example: Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.
Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity. Example: Courts should not reduce this case to a neat set of legal rules.
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