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Compendium
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What's The Definition Of Compendium?
[n] a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
[n] a publication containing a variety of works Synonyms | Synonyms for Compendium: collection Related Terms | Find terms related to Compendium: abbreviation | abbreviature | abrege | abridgment | abstract | Baedeker | brief | capsule | compend | condensation | condensed version | conspectus | digest | draft | enchiridion | epitome | guide | guidebook | head | manual | outline | overview | pandect | precis | review | rubric | shortened version | skeleton | sketch | survey | syllabus | synopsis | thumbnail sketch | topical outline | vade mecum See Also | anthology | archives | compilation | digest | publication | summary Compendium In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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