1) Abruptness 2) Brevity 3) Briefness 4) Brusqueness 5) Curtailment 6) Curtness 7) Succinctness 8) Truncation 1) Brevity 2) Briefness 3) Conciseness 4) Concision 5) Length 6) Littleness 7) Pithiness 8) Succinctness 9) Terseness 
• (n.) The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.
Short'ness noun The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness...
[n] - the property of being truncated or short 2. [n] - the property of being of short spatial extent 3. [n] - the property of being of short temporal extent 4. [n] - the property of being shorter than average stature
A form of brittleness in metal. It is designated as cold, hot, and red, to indicate the temperature range in which the brittleness occurs.Brittleness in a metal at an elevated temperature.
noun the property of being truncated or short noun the condition of being short of something; `there was no shortness of money`; `can cause shortness of breath`
A form of brittleness in metal. It is designed as cold, hot, and red, to indicate the temperature range in which the brittleness occurs.