Encyclopedia

Definitions

1. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
2. Similarly comprehensive works in other formats.
3. The circle of arts and sciences (see Etymology); a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch thereof.
   dated, specifically

Equivalents

59 more languages

Afrikaansensiklopedie

العربيةالموسوعةدَائِرَة مَعَارِفموسوعة

Azərbaycan dilibiliklikensiklopediya

Беларускаяэнцыклапедыя

Българскиенциклопедия

Bosanskienciklopedijaleksikonенциклопедија

Catalàenciclopèdia

Češtinaencyklopedie

Cymraeggwyddoniadur

Danskencyklopædileksikon

Ελληνικάεγκυκλοπαίδεια

Esperantoenciklopedio

Eestientsüklopeedia

Euskaraentziklopedia

Suomiensyklopediatietosanakirja

Gaeilgeciclipéid

Galegoenciclopedia

עבריתאנציקלופדיה

हिन्दीज्ञानकोषविश्वकोश

Hrvatskienciklopedijaleksikonенциклопедија

Magyarenciklopédialexikon

Հայերենհանրագիտարան

Bahasa Indonesiabauwarnaensiklopedia

Íslenskaalfræðibókalfræðiorðabókalfræðirit

Italianoenciclopedia

日本語百科事典百科全書

ქართულიენციკლოპედია

Қазақ тіліэнциклопедия

ភាសាខ្មែរវិជ្ជាសមោធានសៀវភៅប្រជុំវិជ្ជា

한국어백과사전백과전서사전

Kurdîansîklopedîensîklopediyaensîklopedya

Latinaencyclopaediapandectēs

Lietuviųenciklopedija

Latviešuenciklopēdija

Македонскиенциклопедија

മലയാളംവിജ്ഞാനകോശം

Bahasa Melayuensiklopediajagat katan

မြန်မာစွယ်စုံကျမ်း

Nederlandsencyclopedie

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਵਿਸ਼ਵਕੋਸ਼

Polskiencyklopedia

Portuguêsenciclopédia

Românăenciclopedie

Русскийэнциклопедия

Slovenčinaencyklopédia

Shqipenciklopedi

Српскиenciklopedijaleksikonенциклопедија

Svenskaencyklopedikonversationslexikonuppslagsverk

Kiswahiliensaiklopidiakamusi elezo

తెలుగువిజ్ఞానసర్వస్వం

Тоҷикӣдонишнома

ไทยสารานุกรม

Tagalogensiklopedyasantalaalaman

Türkçeansiklopedi

ئۇيغۇرچەقامۇس

Українськаенциклопедія

اردواِنْسائِیکِلوپِیڈْیادائِرَۃُ الْمَعارِفقاموسکِتابُ الْمَعارِفموسوعہ+ 2 more

O'zbekchaensiklopediyaqomus

Tiếng Việtbách khoa toàn thưtừ điển bách khoa

Examples

“I only use⟳ the library for the encyclopedia, as we’ve got most other books here.”

“My old encyclopedia has been gathering dust on the shelf for the past decade.”

“The Encyclopedia which we are presenting to the public is, as its title declares, the work⟳ of a society of men of letters. Were we not of their number⟳, we might venture to affirm that they are all favorably known or worthy of being so.”

“The first encyclopædia written in English and with the articles alphabetically arranged was the ‘Lexicon Technicum,’ […] [in 1704], by John Harris, a London clergyman. This was a useful and popular work⟳, though it omitted from its scope theology, biography, antiquity and poetry.”

“It would be easier to compile an encyclopedia for you than to write⟳ these longhand letters whose ink blackens the night.”

“[The Origins] can best be summarized, maybe, as an encyclopedia in the guise of an etymological dictionary, by a writer already centuries removed from some of his material.”

“Encyclopedias were the original worldwide web. […] There was a time when you couldn't connect⟳ to the rest⟳ of the world and encyclopedias gave you that insight and they contained what people knew about everything.”

“Pliny the Elder’s Natural History is a go-to source for understanding what ancient Romans believed about the world and the model⟳ for every encyclopedia since.”

“Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.”

“The ancient Mesopotamians never got to write⟳ an encyclopedia on stone.”

“To gain⟳ market share⟳, Microsoft gave away its CD-ROM encyclopedia with many new computers, a strategy similar to those it has used in other areas.”

“The anniversary also coincides with the 25th anniversary of Britannica Online (eb.com), the first encyclopedia on the Internet and one of the first major publications on the World Wide Web.”

“The New Georgia Encyclopedia, which describes itself as “the first state encyclopedia designed exclusively for online publication,” went live⟳ in 2004.”

“His life's work⟳ is a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.”

“I have⟳ no idea how to build⟳ this model⟳ railroad, so I'm gonna look⟳ it up on Trainpedia, the encyclopedia for all things model⟳ train⟳.”

“Daniel Bukszpan presents for your viewing and reading pleasure, The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal. […] I see⟳ my own⟳ life reflected in the pages of the Encyclopedia. We all wanted to be bigger than life, but never as big as our heroes.”

“All of the Indo-European languages treated in this encyclopedia are included in the alphabetic list of families and other large groupings in the last⟳ section of this article.”

“Since the publication of the second edition of the encyclopedia, there have⟳ been numerous developments in the obesity and eating disorders field.”

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