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encyclopaedia, reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge in a comprehensive manner.. For more than 2,000 …
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The man. St. Nicholas’s existence is not attested by any historical document, so nothing certain is known of his life except that he was probably bishop of Myra.According to tradition, he was …
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Encyclopaedia - Encyclopaedias in general: Of the various types of reference works—who’s whos, dictionaries, atlases, gazetteers, directories, and so forth—the encyclopaedia is the only …
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The event was described in encyclopedic detail.. his almost encyclopedic knowledge of movies. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples
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encyclopaedia, Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively.It is self-contained and explains …
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Encyclopaedia - History of encyclopaedias: The first fragments of an encyclopaedia to have survived are the work of Speusippus (died 339/338 bce), a nephew of Plato’s. Speusippus …
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Encyclopédie, (French: “Encyclopaedia, or Classified Dictionary of Sciences, Arts, and Trades”), the 18th-century French encyclopaedia that was one of the chief works of the Philosophes, …
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2024年12月18日 · Encyclopædia Britannica - Digital Reference, Encyclopedia, Knowledge: Technological changes, beginning in the 1980s with the development and spread of the …
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