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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"
The meaning of ENCYCLOPEDIA is a work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject. How to use encyclopedia in a sentence.
a large collection of information about one or many subjects, often arranged alphabetically in articles in a book or set of books, or available through a computer. (Definition of encyclopedia from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
An online encyclopedia, also called an Internet encyclopedia, is a digital encyclopedia accessible through the Internet. Examples include Encarta from 2000 to 2009, Wikipedia since 2001, the Encyclopædia Britannica since 2016, and Encyclopedia.com since 1998.
noun. a book, set of books, optical disc, mobile device, or online informational resource containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge or, less commonly, all aspects of one subject.
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.
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. an online 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. /ɛnsaɪkləʊˈpidiə/ Cite this entry.
