Cyclopedia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.]
     1. The circle or compass of the arts and sciences


        (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and
        sciences); circle of human knowledge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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; an encyclopedia. See
        {Encyclopedia}.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "cyclopedia":
     atlas, bibliography, body of knowledge, body of learning, calendar,
     casebook, catalog, catalogue raisonne, city directory,
     classified catalog, concordance, diatesseron, dictionary catalog,
     directory, encyclopedia, gazetteer, harmony, index, literature,
     lore, materials, phone book, polyglot, publications, record book,
     reference book, source book, store of knowledge, studbook,
     system of knowledge, telephone book, telephone directory,
     treasury of information, work of reference