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Definition of cyclopedia in English: cyclopedia(also cyclopaedia) nounsʌɪklə(ʊ)ˈpiːdɪəˌsaɪkləˈpidiə archaic An encyclopedia. (书名以外为古字)百科全书 Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture 《贝利园艺百科》。 Example sentencesExamples - I have only been able to procure a few cyclopaedias of art and science.
- There are dictionaries, and cyclopaedias, and summaries, and synopses, and indexes, and catalogues on every imaginable subject.
- From the 20,000 reference books lying open to the consultation of all readers in the great rotunda of the British Museum reading room, to the small and select case of dictionaries, catalogues, cyclopaedias, and other works of reference in a town or subscription library, the interval is wide indeed.
- With the exception of cyclopaedias and dictionaries, almost every book that aims at being useful requires an index to make its store of knowledge accessible.
- No wonder the same three years have cut threefold the output of scientific, technical, medical and agricultural literature, reference books and cyclopaedias.
Derivativesadjective archaic Among our library holdings with more than 80,000 volumes, our cyclopaedic collection of statistics is especially useful because users can find almost any main statistics in a single space. Example sentencesExamples - In her cyclopaedic book on Modern Housing, Bauer limited her comments on the achievements of American war housing.
- The works on the subject to which I have access are Marey's and Jamieson's books published by Appleton's and various magazines and cyclopaedic articles.
OriginLate 17th century: shortening of encyclopedia. Definition of cyclopedia in US English: cyclopedia(also cyclopaedia) nounˌsīkləˈpēdēəˌsaɪkləˈpidiə archaic An encyclopedia. (书名以外为古字)百科全书 Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture 《贝利园艺百科》。 Example sentencesExamples - I have only been able to procure a few cyclopaedias of art and science.
- With the exception of cyclopaedias and dictionaries, almost every book that aims at being useful requires an index to make its store of knowledge accessible.
- No wonder the same three years have cut threefold the output of scientific, technical, medical and agricultural literature, reference books and cyclopaedias.
- From the 20,000 reference books lying open to the consultation of all readers in the great rotunda of the British Museum reading room, to the small and select case of dictionaries, catalogues, cyclopaedias, and other works of reference in a town or subscription library, the interval is wide indeed.
- There are dictionaries, and cyclopaedias, and summaries, and synopses, and indexes, and catalogues on every imaginable subject.
OriginLate 17th century: shortening of encyclopedia. |