n., pl. -di·ums or -di·a (-dē-ə).

1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
2. A list or collection of various items.

[Latin, a shortening, from compendere, to weigh together : com-, com- + pendere, to weigh.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a publication containing a variety of works
  Synonym: collection

Meaning #2: a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kompendium, uddrag, liste, brevmappe

Nederlands (Dutch)
compendium

Français (French)
n. - manuel, petite encyclopédie, (GB) mallette de jeux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Handbuch, Kompendium, Abriß

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιτομή, απάνθισμα

Italiano (Italian)
compendio, riassunto, sommario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - compêndio (m)

Русский (Russian)
конспект, набор

Español (Spanish)
n. - compendio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kompendium, handbok

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
大要, 概略

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大要, 概略

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대요, 개론, 편지 세트

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大要, 概論, …必携

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجموعه مواضيع مختصرة أو موجزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קיצור, תמצית‬

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