cyclopaedia

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Thân thiện

A student looks up a topic in a large cyclopaedia on the library table.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A comprehensive reference work: A cyclopaedia is a book or set of books containing articles on a wide range of subjects, typically arranged alphabetically. It aims to cover the entire scope of human knowledge or a specific field of study.

Usage

• The primary use of "cyclopaedia" is as a noun referring to a specific type of reference publication.
• It is often used in formal or historical contexts. The modern, more common spelling is "encyclopaedia" or "encyclopedia."

Examples

• Noun:
  • He consulted a cyclopaedia to research ancient civilizations.
  • The library's rare book collection includes a 19th-century cyclopaedia of natural history.

Advanced Usage

• "A living cyclopaedia": A person with encyclopedic knowledge.
  • Professor Jones is a living cyclopaedia on medieval art.
• Used to describe something that serves as a comprehensive source of information on a particular topic.
  • This website is a veritable cyclopaedia for gardening enthusiasts.

Variants and Related Words

• Encyclopaedia / Encyclopedia (n): The standard modern spelling and more common variant of "cyclopaedia."
  • She bought a new encyclopedia for her children.
• Encyclopaedic / Encyclopedic (adj): Covering a wide range of knowledge; comprehensive.
  • He has an encyclopedic memory for facts.
• Cyclopedic (adj): An alternative adjective form meaning comprehensive or encyclopedic.
  • The book provides a cyclopedic overview of world religions.

Synonyms

• Compendium: A collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject.
• Reference work: A publication, such as a dictionary or encyclopedia, to which one can refer for authoritative information.

Related Phrases

• To be a walking cyclopaedia: An idiom describing a person who knows a vast amount of information.
  • Ask David about history; he's a walking cyclopaedia.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• encyclopedia
• cyclopedia
• encyclopaedia