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
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encyclopedia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia |
| Type of | book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work |
| Has types | book of knowledge |
Examples of encyclopedia
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She also said its publication would spoil plans for her own Potter encyclopedia.
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She saved up and bought Sotomayor the only encyclopedia set in the neighborhood.
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Seven-year-old Bryce Kaese turns to the encyclopedia whenever he has a question.
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Sometimes, Wikipedia is much more than an encyclopedia in the traditional sense.
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The encyclopedia extends to 1100 folia and includes more than 650 illustrations.
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This is an encyclopedia article on a dead emperor, not a book on a living ruler.
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Incidentally the city encyclopedia of Bergen has entries on all schools in town.
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If we did, this would become more like a chatroom and less like an encyclopedia.
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The whole article is full of material which is inappropriate to an encyclopedia.
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- 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
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- Encyclopedia is a rock band band from Yeovil, Somerset UK. Benjamin Wood and Oliver Herdsman started Encyclopedia in 2004 and built up a reputation for a unique live set by both playing Electric Guitar to a backing track of sequences and drum beats pre programmed onto an mp3 player.
- Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 16 million articles (over 3. ...
- Encyclopedia was a television series created by the HBO Network and the for-profit branch of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), Distinguished Productions. The series premiered on the HBO network in 1988.
- A comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects
- (Encyclopedias) Secondary sources which present background information for broad subjects. They do not present the critical analysis that you will find in scholarly treatises or law review articles. ...
- (Encyclopedias) are essentially derivative from what has gone before, and particularly in the 19th century, copyright infringement was common among encyclopedia editors.
- Encyclopedias number 256 pages and measure 6 by 9 inches in library cloth. Each volume lists contributors and affiliations. Entries signed by authors. Entries and authors listed in each volume. One to three volumes each annually. Supplementary and index volumes appear irregularly. In English. ...
