Associations to the word «Compendium»

Wiktionary

COMPENDIUM, noun. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
COMPENDIUM, noun. A list or collection of various items.
COMPENDIUM, noun. (pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

Dictionary definition

COMPENDIUM, noun. A publication containing a variety of works.
COMPENDIUM, noun. A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.