Encyclopaedia
[en,saɪkləʊ'piːdjə] or [ɪn,saɪklə'pidɪə]
Definition
(n.) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
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Examples
- The principle of selection I find distinctly given in an ancient Chinese encyclopaedia. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Holmes shot out his long, thin arm and picked out Volume H in his encyclopaedia of reference. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Kindly hand me down the letter K of the 'American Encyclopaedia' which stands upon the shelf beside you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He _crammed _for it, to use a technical but expressive term; he read up for the subject, at my desire, in the “Encyclopaedia Britannica. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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