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  2. Encyclopedia Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    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.

  3. ENCYCLOPEDIA Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

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    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.

  4. ENCYCLOPEDIA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    a book or set of books containing many articles arranged in alphabetical order that deal either with the whole of human knowledge or with a particular part of it, or a similar set of articles on the internet: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. The library was full of dictionaries, encyclopaedias, poetry, and plays. Related words.

  5. Encyclopedia | Definition, History, Examples, & Facts ...

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    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.

  6. Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopaedia (British English) [1] (from Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδεία meaning 'general education') [2] is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline.

  7. encyclopedia noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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    encyclopedia. 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. I looked the Civil War up in my encyclopedia.

  8. Encyclopedia Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    ENCYCLOPEDIA meaning: 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.