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Definition of Symposium

Symposium
Symposium Sym*po"si*um, 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.

Meaning of Symposium from wikipedia

- In Ancient Greece, the symposium (Gr****: συμπόσιον, sympósion or symposio, from συμπίνειν, sympínein, "to drink together") was a part of a banquet that...
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- Look up symposium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The symposium was an Ancient Gr**** social institution. Symposium may also refer to: Symposium (Plato)...
- The Symposium (Ancient Gr****: Συμπόσιον, Gr**** pronunciation: [sympósi̯on], romanized: Sympósion, lit. 'Drinking Party') is a Socratic dialogue by Plato...
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- the Symposium, the Athens Ekistic W**** was held, involving the Symposium parti****nts in a larger meeting. Ideas incubated and mooted at the Symposium, such...
- The IEEE International Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (ARITH) is a conference in the area of computer arithmetic. The symposium was established in 1969...
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