2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compilation \Com"pi*la"tion\, n. [L. compilatio: cf F.
compilation.]
1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from
various sources.
2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document
composed of materials gathering from other books or
documents.
His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely
distinguished from the compilations of ordinary
bookmakers. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
compilation
n 1: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
[syn: {digest}]
2: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or
list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several
hours" [syn: {compiling}]
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