"compendial" meaning in English

See compendial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From compend(ium) + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||al}} + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} compendial (not comparable)
  1. Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the British Pharmacopoeia, or the US Pharmacopeia. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: pharmacopoeial Derived forms: compendially
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "al"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -al",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From compend(ium) + -al.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "compendial (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -al",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "compendially"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "One can consult compendial monographs for further information.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Our methods meet compendial requirements.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the British Pharmacopoeia, or the US Pharmacopeia."
      ],
      "id": "en-compendial-en-adj-najpDZfP",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pharmacopoeial"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compendial"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "compendially"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "al"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -al",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From compend(ium) + -al.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "compendial (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -al",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "One can consult compendial monographs for further information.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Our methods meet compendial requirements.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the British Pharmacopoeia, or the US Pharmacopeia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pharmacopoeial"
    }
  ],
  "word": "compendial"
}

Download raw JSONL data for compendial meaning in English (1.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (05fdf6b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.