what is synopsis meaning
Look up synopsis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A synopsis is a brief summary of the major points of a subject or written work or story, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work. The etymology is from Greek syn- together + opsis sight, appearance,. Used in English since 1610s. Synopsis or synopsys may refer to: Kievan Synopsis, a historical work, first published in Kiev in 1676 Synopsis of Pure Mathematics, a book by G. S. Carr, written in 1886 Synopsis Universae Philologiae, an early work on comparative linguistics by Gottfried Hensel (Godofredus Henselius, 1687â1767)