(BrE also encyclopaedia) noun
a book or set of books giving information about all areas of knowledge or about different areas of one particular subject, usually arranged in alphabetical order; a similar collection of information on a CD-ROM:
a children's encyclopedia * an encyclopedia of music
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for encyclopedia is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — encyclopedia appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
