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Compendium : (noun)
1: a publication containing a variety of works [syn: collection]
2: a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Compendium : \Com*pen"di*um\, n.; pl. E. Compendiums, L.
Compendia. [L. compendium that which is weighed, saved, or
shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- _
pendere to weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend.]
A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal
heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an
abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
A short system or compendium of a science. --I. Watts.
Syn: See Abridgment.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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