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encyclopedia
noun[C]
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/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.di.ə/us
/ɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpiː.di.ə/
a book or set of books containing many articles arranged in alphabetical order that deal either with the whole of human knowledge or with a particular part of it, or a similar set of articles on ...
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noun[C]
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/ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/
a piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine, or on ...
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But to cover this type of activities in detail would go far beyond the scope of anencyclopediaarticle.
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In its objectivity, a survey article may lie somewhere between a personal essay, and anencyclopediaarticle.
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Anencyclopediaarticlealso often includes many maps and illustrations, as well as bibliography and statistics.
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Absurd is an adjective used to describe an absurdity, e.g., thisencyclopediaarticleis absurd.
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The presentencyclopediaarticleuses the text of this translation.
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It is used as an editorial metric to determine topics meriting a dedicatedencyclopediaarticle.
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This is shown as much in dictionary and encyclopedia articles as it is in essays and books.
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Most noticeably, encyclopedia articles are longer, fuller and more thorough than entries in most general-purpose dictionaries.
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As such, dictionary entries are not fully translatable into other languages, but encyclopedia articles can be.
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She has also written dozens of articles in peer-reviewed journals, written several encyclopedia articles, and many book reviews.
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She has also published around four dozen papers, one monograph, five encyclopedia articles, and a host of book reviews.
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The library offers students free 24/7 access to electronic databases with full text magazine, newspaper, journal, and encyclopedia articles.
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He published 10 book chapters, over 50 encyclopedia articles and wrote over 100 book reviews in magazines and professional journals.
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It contains 160 items spanning sixty years; they include forewords, replies to questionnaires, encyclopedia articles, occasional addresses, and letters on technical subjects.
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Thus, while dictionary entries are inextricably fixed to the word described, encyclopedia articles can be given a different entry name.
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Babi's literary output includes 20 books, brochures and special editions, around 400 articles in periodicals, many encyclopedia articles and several educational programs.
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Most of the contributions were translations of stories, official notices, jokes, magazine pieces and encyclopedia articles, as well as historic material and some original creative writing.
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Generally speaking, unlike dictionary entries, which focus on linguistic information about words, encyclopedia articles focus on factual information to cover the thing or concept for which the article name stands.
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