in nuce

Latin

Etymology

From in +‎ nuce, the ablative singular of nux (“nut”): literally, “in a nut”.

Prepositional phrase

in nuce

  1. in a nutshell; briefly stated
  2. in the embryonic phase; said of something which is just developing or being developed
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