Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cyclopedia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cyclopedia \Cy`clo*pe"di*a\ Cyclopaedia
\Cy`clo*p[ae]"di*a\(s?`kl?-p?"d?-?), n. [NL., from Gr. ky`klos
circle + paidei`a the bringing up of a child, education,
erudition, fr. paidey`ein to bring up a child. See {Cycle},
and cf. {Encyclopedia}, {Pedagogue}.]
The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally,
of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of
human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical
order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a
particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the
physical sciences, or of mechanics. See {Encyclopedia}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cyclopedia
n : 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 [syn: {encyclopedia},
{encyclopaedia}, {cyclopaedia}]
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