Compact
Need
Need noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.
Usage example: no need to apologize
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Storage has become so compact and so inexpensive that every new digital tablet comes with the whole of recorded human knowledge preloaded; only new publications need to be purchased.
Source: It's a Small Net After All -
Ami "Sailor Mercury" Mizuno of Sailor Moon owns a literal Magical Computer — disguised as a compact, it vanishes when she doesn't need it and can detect all manner of magical and mundane phenomena.
Source: Magitek -
The text in the compact edition of the first edition Oxford English Dictionary has been shrunk to the point that you essentially need a magnifying glass to make use of the words, and it still takes up two volumes that are big and heavy enough to be dangerous.
Source: Doorstopper
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