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