cyclopedia

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A student looks up a fact in a large cyclopedia on the library table.

Definition

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

Usage

• The word "cyclopedia" is used to refer to a traditional, often multi-volume, encyclopedia. It is a formal and somewhat dated term.
• It functions as a singular noun. The plural form is "cyclopedias".

Examples

• Noun:
  • The library's rare book collection includes a 19th-century cyclopedia of natural history.
  • He consulted an old cyclopedia to research the historical event.

Advanced Usage

• "the cyclopedia": Can be used to refer to a specific, well-known set.
  • The information was verified against the cyclopedia.
• As a modifier: Can be used attributively before another noun.
  • It was a cyclopedia entry, not a detailed scholarly article.

Variants and Related Words

• Encyclopedia (Encyclopaedia): The more common modern spelling and term for the same concept. "Cyclopedia" is a variant spelling.
• Cyclopaedic (adj): Covering a wide range of subjects; encyclopedic in scope.
  • His knowledge was truly cyclopaedic.

Synonyms

• Reference work: A book to which one can refer for authoritative facts.
• Compendium: A concise but comprehensive collection of information on a subject.

Related Phrases

• To consult a cyclopedia: To look up information in a cyclopedia.
  • Before the internet, students had to consult a cyclopedia for their projects.

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
• encyclopaedia
• cyclopaedia