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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compilation
n
  1. something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
    Synonym(s): compilation, digest
  2. the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
    Synonym(s): compilation, compiling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Compilation \Com"pi*la"tion\, n. [L. compilatio: cf. F.
      compilation.]
      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.
  
                     His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely
                     distinguished from the compilations of ordinary
                     bookmakers.                                       --Macaulay.
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