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What does encyclopedic mean?

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  1. Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.
  2. (lexicography) Relating to or containing descriptive information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations.
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The new edition of the book contains a short foreword by D. Simberloff, a fount of encyclopedic knowledge on biological invasions.
As a consequence, the text is more readable than most encyclopedic treatments.
Over the following decades, the anthropologist described the theistic beliefs of primitive cultures around the world in encyclopedic detail.
From here the film cuts to 1973 and William is a young teenager with an encyclopedic knowledge and appreciation of music.
If you believe a public library is a majestic bastion of encyclopedic tomes, then you have not been inside one for a very long time.
Mungo's decades of experience reporting on politics have furnished him with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Australian scene, past and present.

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