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An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia, also (rarely) encyclopædia,Owing to differences in British and American English orthographic conventions, the spellings encyclopaedia and encyclopedia both see common use, in British-/Commonwealth- and American-influenced sources, respectively. The spelling encyclopædia – with the æ ligature – was frequently used in the 19th century and is increasingly rare, although it is retained in product titles such as Encyclopædia Britannica and others. The Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Third New International Dictionary record both spellings: the former (1989) notes the æ would be obsolete except that it is preserved in works that have Latin titles, while the latter (1961-2002) notes that the digraph is rare in the U.S. Similarly, cyclopaedia and cyclopedia are rarely used truncations of the word originating in the early 17th century. is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge.
For a list of notable encyclopedias in history, see list of encyclopedias.
General definition
Word history
The word comes from the Classical Greek (pron. enkyklios paideia), literally 'the things education of boys in a circle', meaning "a general education". Though the notion of a compendium of knowledge dates back thousands of years, the term was first used in the title of a book in 1541 by Joachimus Fortius Ringelbergius in the title-page of his Lucubrationes vel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia (Basel, 1541). It was first used as a noun by the encyclopedist Paul Skalić in the title of his book Encyclopaedia seu orbis disciplinarum tam sacrarum quam prophanarum epistemon ("Encyclopaedia, or Knowledge of the World of Disciplines")(Basel, 1559). More on [ Encyclopedia ]
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Wow. if it works it's good reuse for expired info, but wow. bargainr ppl burning old encyclopedias for warmth in the uk http://bit.ly/6GI8Ff
MrsMicah (Mrs. Micah) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:03:30 -0000
Wow. if it works it's good reuse for expired info, but wow. bargainr ppl burning old encyclopedias for warmth in the uk http://bit.ly/6GI8Ff
people burning old encyclopedias for warmth in the uk ... http://bit.ly/6GI8Ff
bargainr (Jim Wang) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:57:25 -0000
people burning old encyclopedias for warmth in the uk ... http://bit.ly/6GI8Ff
RT @AriaaJaeger: Hearing with open ears and an open heart can produce greater learning than an entire set of encyclopedias. #Ariaaisms~
LizStrangways (Liz Strangways) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:09:09 -0000
RT @AriaaJaeger: Hearing with open ears and an open heart can produce greater learning than an entire set of encyclopedias. #Ariaaisms~
Hearing with open ears and an open heart can produce greater learning than an entire set of encyclopedias. #Ariaaisms~
AriaaJaeger (Ariaa Jaeger) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:02:00 -0000
Hearing with open ears and an open heart can produce greater learning than an entire set of encyclopedias. #Ariaaisms~
New post, "Schools get access to online encyclopedias â RTE.ie" - http://bit.ly/8i6qDn
LindaBlog (Linda) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:07:08 -0000
New post, "Schools get access to online encyclopedias – RTE.ie" - http://bit.ly/8i6qDn
@creolecody bahaha...encyclopedias are over-rated..take too much space and upkeep. thank god for google lol
LoveJewels_00 (Jewels) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:33:34 -0000
@creolecody bahaha...encyclopedias are over-rated..take too much space and upkeep. thank god for google lol
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Meta Description: [ A search engine for tunes and musical themes and a collaborative music encyclopedia. Only the melody needs to be known to search Musipedia or the Web. The melody can be played on a keyboard or whistled or sung to the computer. The Musipedia collection is editable by anybody, just like Wikipedia. ]
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Meta Description: [ Free, open content, community-built encyclopedia. ]
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