Compendium

A compendium is a comprehensive compilation of a body of knowledge. A compendium usually contains principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.

Limits

The reference to a larger system is traditionally used meaning something that can not be easily defined.

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Practically speaking there is a scope. Everything can be broken down into smaller components and everything can be a larger system of something else. There is a bottom level, however, and that level consists of simple associations called definitions.

Related Topics:
Scope - Association

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A good definition is an association of two things: A word and its meaning. The larger system is the word. The components are the sound and its association.

Related Topics:
Definition - Word - Meaning - Sound - Association

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In such a way a definition can be considered the final limit of a compendium.

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