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English noun: encyclopedia

1. encyclopedia (communication) 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


Synonymscyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia


Broader (hypernym)book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work


Narrower (hyponym)book of knowledge









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