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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"...
- 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...
- (1855). A Literal Translation of King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious History of the World. Longman. p. 16. Parker, Joanne (2007). 'England's...
- po****rizing treatise on algebra, compiled between 813 and 833 as Al-Jabr (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing),: 171  presented the...
- on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018. l.l.b, charles mayo (1804). a compendious view of universal history. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018...
- 1743) was an English Latin lexicographer, and author of a well-known compendious Dictionary of the Latin Tongue. He was born at Wordsall, in the parish...
- [citation needed] The tafsir of Al-Qurtubi is regarded as one of the most compendious exegesis of them all and is truly among the most po****r. Tafsir al-Qurtubi...
- 1144, this was the first book on alchemy to become available in Europe Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing (Liber algebrae et almucabola):...