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CRISP

(1)
A Lisp-like language and compiler for the IBM 370 written by Jeff Barnett of SDC, Santa Monica, CA, USA in the early 1970s. It generalised Lisp's two-part cons nodes to n-part nodes.

crisp

(2)
(Or "discrete") The opposite of "fuzzy".
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patents for a process that incorporates lower-than-normal blanching temperatures, a brief holding period that allows a naturally occurring enzyme to fix the vegetables' crispness and the use of calcium and citric acid.
"They lend the beer a subtle, sweet floral aroma that is balanced by the crispness of the noble hopes.
Unexpected riches came from Telemann's C major Darmstadt Ouverture, its succession of beguiling movements alternating crispness and tenderness in their performance, with some wonderful oboe playing in the gorgeous Sommeille, and, indeed, throughout.
Vegetables cook faster, so they retain their crispness and color.
Enjoy the wine's fresh nettle and lemon-based crispness, supplemented by white peach and tangerine depth to add complexity and contrast.
and proved his agility and crispness of shot by beating world-rated third seed Mohammad Saleem of Pakistan yesterday to reach the quarter finals.
Initially it was the stiff, crispness of Cellophane and the luxurious feel that was the main appeal.
As a result the Kingdom brought crispness to Croke Park yesterday honed by the activity of the last few weeks.
Crispness is important to many cereal-based foods, such as breakfast cereals and cereal-based snacks.
Larson reported that the Winter Ale is "copper in color with a full body, and the warming sensation of alcohol." He noted that the "tender new growth of Sitka Spruce tips lends a subtle, sweet floral aroma that is balanced by the crispness of noble hops."
His pianism combined a necessary robustness well capable of tackling great cascades of eight-part chords, with rhythmic crispness and textural delicacy, the grotesquerie of the second movement in this five-movement continuous arch-shape particularly telling.
Good flavour and crispness but quite thin and rather dull in appearance
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