neat
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/niΛt/
English
Definitions
noun
- An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.
adjective
- Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.βMy room is neat because I tidied it this morning.β She has very neat hair.β
- Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.βI like my whisky neat.β
- Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.βThe Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.β The molecular beam was neat acetylene.β
- With all deductions or allowances made; net.
noun
- A bull or cow.
- Cattle collectively.