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noun (n)

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  abstract, outline, precis
  

  source: wordnet30
• A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.(noun)

  source: webster1913