encyclopaedia

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 (synset 106439057)
    is a type of: book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
    subtypes: book of knowledge - an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge
    same as: cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopedia

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