neat

/niːt/

noun

1
An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.

1
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
“My room is neat because I tidied it this morning. She has very neat hair.”
2
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
“I like my whisky neat.”
3
Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
“The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat. The molecular beam was neat acetylene.”
4
With all deductions or allowances made; net.
5
Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
“The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.”
6
Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
“Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.”
7
Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
“Courts should not reduce this case to a neat set of legal rules.”
8
Good, excellent, desirable.
“Hey, neat convertible, man.”

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