symposium n : a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations [also: symposia (pl)]symposia See symposium

English

Noun

symposia

1. irregular plural of symposium

Symposium may refer to:

Meetings

• Symposium, Ancient Greek social institution.
• Academic conference, academic meeting such as a scientific conference.

Texts

• Symposium (Plato), dialogue by Plato.
• Symposium (Xenophon), dialogue by Xenophon.

Other uses

• Symposium (band), a British punk band.
• Symposia (spider), a genus of spiders.
• Symposium (telephony), telephone switch and software, used in call centres to manage incoming calls.
• Symposium (novel), a 1990 novel by Muriel Spark.
• Symposia (journal), an online philosophy journal.