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DEFINITIONS OF:
cyclopaedia
1
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
Synonyms:
cyclopedia
,
encyclopaedia
,
encyclopedia
Types:
book of knowledge
an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge
Type of:
book of facts
,
reference
,
reference book
,
reference work
a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
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