| n. | 1. | The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources. |
| 2. | That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. |
| Noun | 1. | compilation - something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) Synonyms: digest |
| 2. | compilation - the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" Synonyms: compiling |
COMPILATION. A literary production, composed of the works of others, and
arranged in some methodical manner.
2. When a compilation requires in its execution taste, learning,
discrimination and intellectual labor, it 'is an object of copyright; as,
for example, Bacon's Abridgment. Curt. on Copyr. 186.