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Definition of Cyclopedia
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Book Of Facts, Reference, Reference Book, Reference Work
Specialized synonyms: Book Of Knowledge
Definition of Cyclopedia
1. n. The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.
Definition of Cyclopedia
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of cyclopaedia) ¹
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Definition of Cyclopedia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclopedia
Literary usage of Cyclopedia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Terry White, James T. White & Company (1898)
"I believe it is one of the best, if not the best cyclopedia of American ...
We consider The National cyclopedia of American Biography indispensable in its ..."
2. The American Rose Annual by American Rose Society (1917)
"The Literature of the Rose The Rose in the "Standard cyclopedia of Horticulture"
By LH BAILEY. Ithaca, N. Y EDITOR'S NOTE.—The publication, early n 1917, ..."
3. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1904)
"Concerning the merits of this cyclopedia you may know of "your own personal
knowledge," and not depend on the testimony of others. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ...by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"Thus each purchaser may form from the "CABINET" a cyclopedia, ... The "CABINET
cyclopedia" will thus be in n state of continual renovation, keeping pace ..."
5. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1911)
"(Monthly cyclopedia and Medical Bulletin, August, 1910.) On the Uses of Nickel
Sulphate in Medicine. (Monthly cyclopedia and Medical Bulletin, June, 1911. ..."
6. Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac by Jonathan Letterman (1866)
"THE NEW AMERICAN cyclopedia, A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. ...
The design of THE NEW AMERICAN cyclopedia is to furnish the great body of ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1835)
"The American cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery,- a Digest of Medical
... The contributors to this part of the cyclopedia are Drs. GB Wood, ..."
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