Usually means: More concise, less wordy expression.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. terser: Merriam-Webster
  2. terser: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. terser: Collins English Dictionary
  4. terser: Vocabulary.com
  5. terser: Wordnik
  6. terser: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. terser: Wiktionary
  8. terser: Dictionary.com
  9. terser: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. terser: FreeDictionary.org
  11. terser: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. terser: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. terser: Encyclopedia

(Note: See terse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (terse)

adjective:  (by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.
adjective:  (by extension) Of manner or speech: abruptly or brusquely short; curt.
adjective:  (obsolete) Burnished, polished; fine, smooth; neat, spruce.
▸ Also see terse

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