Brief account that presents the main points in a concise form

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of preparing a summary (or an instance thereof); stating briefly and succinctly [syn: summarization ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) The act of summarising 2 (context uncountable English) The process of summarising 3 (context countable English) A summary; the result of summarising