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docs: reword glossary entry on Nix expression

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this makes it less cumbersome to read and puts the statements in
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- [Nix expression]{#gloss-nix-expression}
1. Commonly, a high-level description of software packages and compositions
thereof. Deploying software using Nix entails writing Nix
expressions for your packages. Nix expressions specify [derivations][derivation],
which are [instantiated][instantiate] into the Nix store as [store derivations][store derivation].
These derivations can then be [realised][realise] to produce [outputs][output].
A syntactically valid use of the [Nix language].
2. A syntactically valid use of the [Nix language]. For example, the contents of a `.nix` file form an expression.
> **Example**
>
> The contents of a `.nix` file form a Nix expression.
Nix expressions specify [derivations][derivation], which are [instantiated][instantiate] into the Nix store as [store derivations][store derivation].
These derivations can then be [realised][realise] to produce [outputs][output].
> **Example**
>
> Building and deploying software using Nix entails writing Nix expressions as a high-level description of packages and compositions thereof.
- [reference]{#gloss-reference}