en‧cy‧clo‧pe‧di‧a (
also encyclopaedia British English) /ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: encyclopaedia 'course of general education', from Greek enkyklios paideia 'general education']
a book or
CD, or a set of these, containing facts about many different subjects, or containing detailed facts about one subject:
the Encyclopedia of Music [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲