A shortened version of a written work.

ETYM Old Eng. abregement. Related to Abridge.
1. The act abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation.
2. An epitome or compendium, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
3. That which abridges or cuts short.

1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things; specifically: a summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief.
2. A state of separation from other things
3. An abstract term.
4. A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar and milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.

a brief compendium; a lawyer's brief
summary; precis.

1. A condensed written summary or abstract.
2. A document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case; SYN. legal brief.

Compendium.

ETYM Latin compendium that which is weighed, saved, or shortened, a short way, from compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. Related to Pension, Compend.
A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work.
Summary; epitome.

ETYM Latin corollarium gift, corollary, from corolla. Related to Corolla.
1. A practical consequence that follows naturally.
2. (Logic) An inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition.

Derivative.

Differential coefficient; In mathematics, the limit of the gradient of a chord linking two points on a curve as the distance between the points tends to zero; for a function with a single variable, y = f’(x), it is denoted by f’(x), Df(x), or dy/dx, and is equal to the gradient of the curve.
A word that is derived from another word.
The derivative function senses the rate of rise or fall of the system temperature and automatically adjusts the cycle time of the controller to minimize overshoot or undershoot.

ETYM Latin digestum, pl. digesta, neut., from digestus, p. p.: cf. French digeste. Related to Digest.
A periodical that summarizes the news.

1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.
2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label.
3. An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries.

ETYM Latin, from Greek, a surface incision, also, and abridgment, from epi upon + temnein to cut: cf. French ��pitome. Related to Tome.
A brief abstract (as of an article or book).
Summary; collection of all characteristics, facts, etc., into small space; embodiment, essence.

A passage selected from a larger work; SYN. extract, selection.

1. That which is extracted or drawn out.
2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.
3. A solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence.
4. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a solution, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant.
5. Extraction; descent.
6. (Law) A draft or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

ETYM Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. laeg calf of the leg, Swed. lägg.
1. A human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part between the knee and ankle.
2. A structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion.
3. One of the supports for a piece of furniture.
4. The part of a garment that covers the leg.
5. (Nautical) The distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack.

ETYM Old Eng. pinne, as. pinn a pin, peg.
1. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
2. A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things, especially in sewing.
3. Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green; SYN. flag.
4. Informal terms of the leg; SYN. peg, stick.
5. Two-part cylindrical tumblers held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown.

ETYM Late Lat. recapitulatio: cf. French recapitulation.
A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion; SYN. recap, review.
In music, the section of sonata form following the development section, in which the themes are presented in a manner similar or identical to the exposition, except that any material which was originally presented in the dominant or any other key, appears in the tonic key. A “false” recapitulation was used at times by Beethoven and 19th-century composers either to present an additional development of musical ideas or to present temporarily the main themes in a key other than the tonic, as in the first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 3 1795.

ETYM French sommaire, or Latin summarium. Related to Summary.
(Homonym: summery).
Writing that presents the main points in a concise form; SYN. summarization.

1. A light touch or stroke; SYN. pat, dab.
2. A plug for a bunghole in a cask; SYN. spigot.
3. A small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing).
4. A tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads.

ETYM Old Eng. scrappe, from Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. Related to Scrape.
1. A small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
2. A fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3. A remnant; any part or piece not needed in the completion of a task.

ETYM French chaperon. Related to Chape, Cape, Cap.
One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people; SYN. chaperone.

Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; SYN. achievable, doable, realizable.

Capable of being deduced.

Capable of being done.

ETYM Latin efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. French efficient. Related to Effect.
Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense.

ETYM French faisable, from faire to make or do, from Latin facere. Related to Fact, Feat.
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; SYN. practicable, viable, workable.

ETYM Late Lat. practicare to act, transact, from Latin practicus active, Greek: cf. French practicable, pratiquer to practice. Related to Practical.
1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible.
2. Capable of being used; passable.

ETYM Latin practicus active, Greek, fit for doing or performing, practical, active, from prassein to do, work, effect: cf. French pratique, formerly also practique. Related to Pragmatic, Practice.
1. Concerned with actual use or practice.
2. Having or put to a practical purpose or use.

ETYM French, from vie life, Latin vita. Related to Vital.
Capable of life or normal growth and development.
Born alive and able to live; able to exist alone.

Capable of being worked, or worth working.

ETYM From Derive.
Capable of being derived.

In an efficient manner; SYN. expeditiously, with efficiency.

Ability to be concluded through reason

Possibility of execution, practicality

Possibility of execution, practicality