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What does encyclopedia mean?

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  1. A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
  2. (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
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The book resembles an encyclopedia, with 3,000 recipes from five other countries in addition to Italy.
Sibelius Instruments is a unique, interactive encyclopedia of instruments, bands, orchestras and ensembles.
On the terms of this encyclopedia, art historians are implicitly aestheticians without being consciously aware of it.
He is a walking encyclopedia of names, dates and facts relating to the history of the sport and the Hall of Fame.
This is the same encyclopedia, with multimedia additions, that used to take up a huge bookshelf.
In general terms, you are assigning the copyright of the photo to the encyclopedia.

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