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Collection
Collection Col*lec"tion, n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]
1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the
collection of specimens.
2. That which is collected; as:
(a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
``A collection of letters.' --Macaulay.
(b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes,
as by passing a contribution box for freewill
offerings. ``The collection for the saints.' --1 Cor.
xvi. 1
(c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of
demands.
(d) An accumulation of any substance. ``Collections of
moisture.' --Whewell. ``A purulent collection.'
--Dunglison.
3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or
observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.]
We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have
been hitherto made out of those words by modern
divines. --Milton.
4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.]
Syn: Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd;
congregation; mass; heap; compilation.
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UNESCO Collection is a
world music record label,
under the
aegis of UNESCO. The full
title of the
series was
UNESCO Collection of
Traditional Music of...
- The
Pangloss Collection is a
digital library whose objective is to
store and
facilitate access to
audio recordings in
endangered languages of the world...
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Fighting Collection 2 is a
fighting game
compilation developed and
published by Capcom. It is the
third entry in Capcom's
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- runs a
digital library website, archive.org. It
provides free
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collections of
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software applications, music,...
- The
Criterion Collection, Inc. (or
simply Criterion) is an
American home-video
distribution company that
focuses on licensing,
restoring and distributing...
- The
Marvel Epic
Collection is an
ongoing line of
color trade paperbacks that
republish Marvel comics in a
uniform trade dress.
Announced in
April 2013...
