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‖ conspectus|kənˈspɛktəs|
[a. L. conspectus a looking at, view, survey, f. conspicĕre to look at attentively.]
1. A general view or comprehensive survey (with the mind's eye).
1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxvi. (1859) II. 150 Unless you have descended from a conspectus of the whole face to a detailed examination of its parts. 1879M. Pattison Milton ii. 19 To get at a conspectus of the general current of affairs rather than to study minutely a single period.
2. More usually concr. A tabulation of particulars or details presenting a general view of them; a synopsis, digest.
1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. viii. ii. §65. 363 A compilation by Clessius, purporting to be a conspectus of the publications of the xvith century. 1864Bowen Logic vi. 168. I have brought together in the preceding Conspectus the principal technicalities and rules in the Aristotelic doctrine. |