Definition of "compendium" [com•pen•di•um]

• A short, complete summary; an abstract. (noun)
• A list or collection of various items. (noun)

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• "I pray that this compendium is not complete, because it appears that the U.S. only launched 15 rockets last year."
• "The compendium is a sampling of the abundance and variety of collections available for use."
• "A short compendium from the “Toward a New Literacy of Cooperation” course at Stanford, Winter 2005."