elegant
(From Mathematic s) Combining simplicity, power, and a certain ineffable grace of de sign. Higher prai se than "clever", "winning" or even cuspy. The French aviator, adventurer, and author Antoine de saint-Exup' ery, probably be st known for hi s cla ssic children' s book "The Little Prince", wa s al so an aircraft de signer. He gave u s perhap s the be st definition of engineering elegance when he said "A de signer know s he ha s achieved perfection not when there i s nothing left to add, but when there i s nothing left to take away." [ Jargon File] (1994-11-29) style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-style:dashed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ af ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ au ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bo ] [ C ] [ ch ] [ child ] [ ci ] [ cl ] [ class ] [ classic ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ cuspy ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ design ] [ du ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ engine ] [ er ] [ es ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ ga ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gn ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hing ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ int ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ kn ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ls ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nn ] [ no ] [ om ] [ pe ] [ perf ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ py ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ s ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ si ] [ sig ] [ so ] [ st ] [ T ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tt ] [ up ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ win ] [ ws ]
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