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Cyclopaedia

//saɪk.ləʊˈpiːd.i.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. archaic
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    An encyclopedia. archaic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + παιδεία (paideía, “child-rearing, education”). See cycle, and compare encyclopedia.

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