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encyclopedia, encyclopaedia [ɛnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə] n (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) a book, often in many volumes, containing articles on various topics, often arranged in alphabetical order, dealing either with the whole range of human knowledge or with one particular subject a medical encyclopedia [from New Latin encyclopaedia, erroneously for Greek enkuklios paideia general education, from enkuklios general (see encyclical), + paideia education, from pais child] encyclopedia, encyclopaedia a book or set of books containing detailed knowledge and information about a variety of fxelds or subfields; an exhaustive work of learning 01 knowledge. Also called cyclopedia, cyclopaedia. — encyclopedist, encyclopaedist, n. — encyclopedie, encyclopaedic, encyclopedical, encyclopaedical, adj. See also: Books
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Translations encyclopedia [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə] encyclopaedia (British) n → encyclopédie f an encyclopedia of science → une encyclopédie scientifique encyclop(a)edia n → Lexikon nt, → Enzyklopädie f encyclopedia encyclopaedia [ɪnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə] n → enciclopedia encyclopedia encyclopaedia [ɪnˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə] n → enciclopedia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She was sitting on the floor in the library, poring over a big book laid open in her lap, and knew nothing of the long-desired arrival till two large, warm hands met under her chin and gently turned her head back, so that someone could kiss her heartily on either cheek, while a fatherly voice said, half reproachfully, "Why is my girl brooding over a dusty Encyclopedia when she ought to be running to meet the old gentleman who couldn't get on another minute without her? If you will look in the Encyclopedia Donkaniara you will find I'm correct. He had written a veritable encyclopedia upon the subject, a book that was nearly as big as himself--And then there was a young author, who came from California, and had been a salmon fisher, an oyster-pirate, a longshoreman, a sailor; who had tramped the country and been sent to jail, had lived in the Whitechapel slums, and been to the Klondike in search of gold. |
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