A brief summary or overview of a subject; a conspectus.
From Latin conspectus (a viewing together), derived from conspicere (to see together), from con- (together) + specere (to look). The meaning evolved from the literal act of viewing something entirely to viewing it as a unified overview.
This word is practically obsolete, replaced by 'conspectus,' but it shows how English sometimes keeps multiple forms of the same root—like how we say both 'inspect' and 'inspection,' which share the same Latin 'specere' (to see).
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