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noun
- 1. a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically: "if you're not familiar with a concept or topic, consult an encyclopedia"
An encyclopedia ( American English) or encyclopaedia ( British English) [1] is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline.
Encyclopaedia, reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge in a comprehensive manner. For more than 2,000 years encyclopaedias have existed as summaries of extant scholarship in forms comprehensible to their readers.
encyclopedia. noun. /ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/ ( British English also -paedia) a book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge or about different areas of one particular subject, usually arranged in alphabetical order; a similar collection of information in digital form. a children’s encyclopedia. an encyclopedia of music.
Britannica Dictionary definition of ENCYCLOPEDIA. [count] : a reference work (such as a book, series of books, Web site, or CD-ROM) that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject. a general encyclopedia. an encyclopedia of literature.
ENCYCLOPEDIA definition: a book or a set of books containing facts about a lot of subjects. Learn more.
May 17, 2024 · An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order. This is not just a book about the origins of the modern encyclopedia. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definitions of encyclopedia. noun. a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty. synonyms: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia. see more. Pronunciation. US. /ɛnsaɪkləˈpidiə/ UK.
