What's the difference between hornbook and overview?
Hornbook
Definition:
(n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer.
(n.) A book containing the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge; a manual; a handbook.
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Overview
Definition:
(n.) An inspection or overlooking.
Example Sentences:
(1) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
(2) This report is an overview of the data and has incorporated some additional findings of the influence of the ACTH4-9 analog, Org2766, on neuronal excitation, especially in the hippocampus.
(3) This paper provides an overview of the theory, indicating its contributions--such as a basis for individual psychotherapy of severe disorders and a more effective understanding of countertransference--and its shortcomings--such as lack of an explanation for the effects of physical and cognitive factors on object relatedness.
(4) By scoring every section of a tooth in this way, an overview was obtained of the location of all caries lesions in the occlusal surface.
(5) We have attempted to provide an overview of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as it pertains to animal drugs and feed additives.
(6) This introductory chapter has presented an overview of how retroviruses replicate and how they are classified within the family Retroviridae.
(7) This review attempts to give an overview of present and developing ERCP- and EST-based diagnostic and interventive techniques and their application to the wide spectrum of pancreatobiliary diseases.
(8) In this overview, we will report our experience with balloon dilatation of DMSS in six children.
(9) An overview of laparoscopic sterilization techniques from a historical and practical viewpoint includes instrumentation, operative techniques, mechanical occlusive devices, anesthesia, failure rates, morbidity and mortality.
(10) The surgical procedure is discussed and an overview of the authors' long-term results are included.
(11) We have attempted to give a broad overview of issues of importance to the surgeon that may arise in the management of the immunocompromised patient.
(12) This article is intended to provide an overview of the various methods used to study renal elimination of compounds.
(13) This paper intends to give the reader an overview of the complexity of the relationship of urban stress to behavioral changes and chronic disease.
(14) We will give an overview of the recent achievements in the understanding of protein translocation across mitochondrial membranes.
(15) We arrive also to the conclusion that, in contradiction with what we have seen in the literature overview, it seems that narcissistic personality disorders have no negative effect on literary creation.
(16) An overview is presented of the physiology and so-called pathophysiology of static muscle contractions in the intact living organism.
(17) The present paper, which summarizes the earlier data and reports the most recent findings, provides an overview of the extended behavioral consequences of the original aversive procedures administered five years ago.
(18) This introductory overview highlights the issues that are addressed in this Clinics devoted to non-small cell lung cancer.
(19) The profiles provide a visual overview of the quantitative (doses) and qualitative (test results) data for each chemical.
(20) This study is an overview of 2,515 consecutive autopsies on newborn infants who died during the first 28 days of life at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, during the period 1970-1989.