Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A summary or abstract of an address or communication, as before a learned society, prepared by the speaker himself for insertion in the printed proceedings.

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  • Sentences scoring highest in significance are extracted and printed out to become the 'auto-abstract'. "

    Intelligent Enterprise 2009

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