Found 3 items, similar to compendium.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: compendium
ikhtisar, ringkasan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: compendium
compendium
n 1: a publication containing a variety of works [syn:
collection]
2: a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Compendium
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.
[1913 Webster]
A short system or compendium of a science. --I. Watts.
Syn: See
Abridgment.
[1913 Webster]