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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as encyclopedia.

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  • Sweet christ, one expects an encyclopedy would document a piece of culture that is familiar to everyone and his pet rock

    The Lightbulb Joke Cliff Pickover 2006

  • Productivity refers to a class of empirical output-input ratios that is widely used in economic history, economic analysis and economic policy (the encyclopedy of social science, vol 12,1972: 523)

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  • Productivity refers to a class of empirical output-input ratios that is widely used in economic history, economic analysis and economic policy (the encyclopedy of social science, vol 12,1972: 523)

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

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