Hypertext Webster Gateway: "synopsis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Synopsis \Syn*op"sis\, n.; pl. {Synopses}. [L., from Gr. ?; sy`n
with, together + ? a sight, view, from the root seen in E.
optic.]
A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged
as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or
summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
That the reader may see in one view the exactness of
the method, as well as force of the argument, I shall
here draw up a short synopsis of this epistle. --Bp.
Warburton.
Syn: Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary;
syllabus; conspectus. See {Abridgment}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
synopsis
n : a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or
theory [syn: {outline}, {abstract}, {precis}, {adumbration}]
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