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Definition of Compendious

Compendious
Compendious Com*pen"di*ous, a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and expeditious ways. --Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. --Sir T. Elyot. Syn: Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.

Meaning of Compendious from wikipedia

- Al-Jabr (Arabic: الجبر), also known as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing (Arabic: الكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة...
- compenso means balance, poise, weigh, offset. The entry on the word 'compendious' in the Online Etymology Dictionary says "concise, abridged but comprehensive"...
- Incorporated, in 1982. In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. In 1807 Webster started two decades...
- po****rizing treatise on algebra, compiled between 813–833 as Al-Jabr (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing),: 171  presented the...
- Press. p. 387. and in English at Payne Smith, J. (Jessie) (1903). A Compendious Syriac Dictionary: Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith...
- his works, Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī hīsāb al-ğabr wa’l-muqābala (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing). He gave an exhaustive...
- (1837). "Durham". Northern Circuit. The Family Topographer: Being a Compendious Account of the ... Counties of England. Vol. 6. London: J.B. Nichols...
- decades of research in compiling his dictionaries. His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, appeared in 1806. In it, he po****rized...
- pp. 561–590. Retrieved March 30, 2011. Palfrey, John Gorham (1873). A Compendious History of New England, vol. 3. Boston: H.C. Shepard. Retrieved March...
- seminal text "Al-Kitab al-Mukhtasar fi Hisab al-Jabr wal-Muqabala" (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing), was translated into...