COMPILATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compilation mean? 

• COMPILATION (noun)
  The noun COMPILATION has 2 senses:

1. something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

2. the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

  Familiarity information: COMPILATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPILATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

compilation; digest

Hypernyms ("compilation" is a kind of...):

collection; compendium (a publication containing a variety of works)

Derivation:

compile (put together out of existing material)

compile (get or gather together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

compilation; compiling

Context example:

the job of compiling the inventory took several hours

Hypernyms ("compilation" is a kind of...):

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

Derivation:

compile (put together out of existing material)

compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)

compile (get or gather together)

 Context examples 

A quantitative value that is the compilation of assessed size and densities of calcium deposits throughout the coronary tree.

(Coronary Calcium Score, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists combined microbial, plant and animal datasets from government, academic and citizen science sources, resulting in the largest compilation of its kind.

(Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species, NSF)

Computerized compilations of information units (text, sound, graphics, and/or video) interconnected by logical nonlinear linkages that enable users to follow optimal paths through the material and also the systems used to create and display this information.

(Hypermedia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The compilation of symptoms and/or clinical manifestation of any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person.

(Disease Presentation, NCI Thesaurus)

The program within the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) of the NCI which plans, assesses, and coordinates all aspects of clinical trials including extramural clinical research programs, internal resources, treatment methods and effectiveness, and compilation and exchange of data as it pertains to the development and evaluation of anticancer agents.

(Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, NCI Thesaurus)