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Noun: encyclopaedia  en`sIklu'peedeeu
Usage: Brit (=encyclopedia)
  1. 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 speciality
    - encyclopedia, cyclopedia [archaic], cyclopaedia [archaic]

Derived forms: encyclopaedias

Type of: book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work

Encyclopedia: Encyclopaedia

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