Encyclopedia

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  • noun. A comprehensive reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects or on numerous aspects of a particular field, usually arranged alphabetically.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The circle of sciences; a general system of instruction in several or all departments of knowledge.
  • noun. Specifically A work in which the various topics included under several or all branches of knowledge are treated separately, and usually in alphabetical order.
  • noun. In a narrower sense, a cyclopedia. See cyclopedia
  • noun. Abbreviated enc., ency., encyc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "NOTE: The title encyclopedia was verbally given to me by my close friends and my close relatives since my close friends "
    cross-reference
    dictionary  french encyclopedia  
    Equivalent
    encyclopædia  
    Form
    -pedia  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    book of facts  reference  reference book  reference work  
    Hyponym
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    book of knowledge  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Media  encyclopaedia  intermedia  media  multimedia  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anthology  bibliography  biography  dictionary  encyclopaedia  
    Synonym
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    atlas  bibliography  body of knowledge  body of learning  calendar  
    variant
    encyclopædia  
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