English-Thai Dictionary

compendium

N บทสรุป  บทคัดย่อ  compend abridgment bod-sa-rob

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPENDIUM

Com *pen "di *um, n.; pl. E. Compendiums, L. Compendia. Etym: [L.compendium that which is wieghed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend. ]

 

Defn: 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 sience. I. Watts.

 

Syn. -- See Abridgment.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compendium

com pen di um |kəmˈpendēəm kəmˈpɛndiəm | ▶noun ( pl. compendiums or compendia |-dēə | ) a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, esp. in a book or other publication. • a collection of things, esp. one systematically gathered: the program is a compendium of outtakes from our archives. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘profit, saving ’ (literally ‘what is weighed together ’), from compendere, from com- ‘together ’ + pendere ‘weigh. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

compendium

com |pen ¦dium |kəmˈpɛndɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. compendiums or compendia |-dɪə | ) a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication. • a collection or set of similar items. • a package of stationery for writing letters. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘profit, saving ’ (literally ‘what is weighed together ’), from compendere, from com- ‘together ’ + pendere ‘weigh ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compendium

compendium noun a compendium of Civil War narratives: collection, compilation, anthology, treasury, digest; summary, synopsis, précis, outline.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compendium

compendium noun a compendium of useful information about language: collection, compilation, anthology, treasury, digest; summary, synopsis, precis, résumé, outline, summarization, round-up, summing-up; companion, handbook, manual; Latin vade mecum; rare conspectus, summa, epitome.

 

French Dictionary

compendium

compendium n. m. nom masculin didactique Abrégé. : Des compendiums médicaux. Prononciation Attention à la prononciation, [kɔ̃pɛ̃djɔm ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compendium

com pen di um /kəmpéndiəm /名詞 複 ～s, -dia /-diə /C 1 要約 ; 概説, 概論 .2 ｟英 ｠卓上ゲームのセット .