Encyclopediae vs Encyclopaediae - What's the difference?
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(encyclopedia)
A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with in-depth articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.
(dated) The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge.
(Webster 1913)
(encyclopaedia)
(chiefly, UK, Australia)
As nouns the difference between encyclopediae and encyclopaediae
is that encyclopediae is (encyclopedia) while encyclopaediae is (encyclopaedia).encyclopediae
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(head)encyclopedia
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(wikipedia encyclopedia)Alternative forms
* (chiefly British) encyclopaedia * (obsolete)Noun
- I only use the library for the encyclopedia , as we’ve got most other books here.
- His life's work was a four-volume encyclopedia of aviation topics.