what is the meaning of "in a nutshell"

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Lalchand picture Lalchand · Jul 7, 2010 · Viewed 10.8k times · Source

i have came across the sentence "in a nutshell" while reading a technical book . i want to know the meaning of this sentence(in a nutshell).

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Steven Mercatante picture Steven Mercatante · Jul 7, 2010

It's when you summarize something.

elook.org defines it as adverb summed up briefly

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