Cyclopedia Cyclopædia (s?ˌkl?-p?ˈd?-?), n. [NL., from Gr. κύκλος circle + παιδεία the bringing up of a child, education, erudition, fr. παιδεύειν 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.
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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.
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