Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A comprehensive reference work containing articles on a wide range of subjects or on numerous aspects of a particular field, usually arranged alphabetically.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The circle of sciences; a general system of instruction in several or all departments of knowledge.
- n. Specifically A work in which the various topics included under several or all branches of knowledge are treated separately, and usually in alphabetical order.
- n. In a narrower sense, a cyclopedia. See cyclopedia
- n. Abbreviated enc., ency., encyc.
Wiktionary
- n. A comprehensive reference work with articles on a range of subjects.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
Etymologies
- Medieval Latin encyclopaedia, general education course, from alteration of Greek enkuklios paideia, general education : enkuklios, circular, general; see encyclical + paideia, education (from pais, paid-, child; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“NOTE: The title encyclopedia was verbally given to me by my close friends and my close relatives since my close friends ”
“NOTE: The title encyclopedia was verbally given to me by my close friends and my close relatives since my close friends & close relatives admire/recognise my knowledge.”
“The prime mover and longtime editor of the encyclopedia is a soft-spoken Anglican Charismatic named David B. Barrett.”
“The smallest lizard they show in the encyclopedia is about six inches long, and it says lizards are reptiles and have scales and claws and should not be confused with salamanders, which are amphibians and have thin moist skin and no claws.”
“But online encyclopedia is only one use of a wiki.”
“The influential online encyclopedia is written and edited by anyone with an Internet connection, and contributors are supposed to stick to a fair recitation of the facts.”
“Remember, every entry on Wiki and every encyclopedia is “biased information.””
“When the encyclopedia is complete in 2009, it will include:”
“Still, I would be unwilling to suggest that yet another broad coverage encyclopedia is necessary.”
“However, these librarians go further because they have some personal standards about what an encyclopedia is and what it “is not”.”
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