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compendium definition

com·pen·dium (kəm pen′dē əm)

noun pl. compendiums -·di·ums or compendia -·dia (-ə)

a summary or abstract containing the essential information in a brief form; concise but comprehensive treatise

Etymology: L, a weighing together, abridgment < compendere, to weigh together < com-, together + pendere, to weigh

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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