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nouna 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
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- diderot French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)
- encyclopedic comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)
- encyclopaedic comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)
- encyclopaedist a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- denis diderot French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)
- encyclopedist a person who compiles information for encyclopedias
- book of knowledge an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge