symposium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: symposium	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for symposium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
symposium n a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symposium \Sympo"sium\, n.; pl. {Symposia}. [L., fr. Gr. sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a drinking. See {Syn-}, and cf. {Potable}.] 1. A drinking together; a merry feast. --T. Warton. 2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.