Associations to the word «Encyclopedia»

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Wiktionary

ENCYCLOPEDIA, noun. 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.
ENCYCLOPEDIA, noun. (dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.

Dictionary definition

ENCYCLOPEDIA, 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.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin