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Also known as encyclopædia, encyclopaedia

thumb|357x357px|A laptop shows a Wikipedia page on "Encyclopedia", beside stacked volumes and an open page of the Encyclopædia Britannica. An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles or entries that are arranged alphabetically by article name or by thematic categories, or, in the case of online encyclopedias, they are hyperlinked and searchable. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries. Generally speaking, ency

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An encyclopedia is a reference work and tertiary source that functions as a serial lexicon. It is partially coincident with the concept of a lexicon. The subject is categorized under "Encyclopedias" in Commons and has a main category of Category:Encyclopedias. It is maintained by WikiProject Education, WikiProject Literature, WikiProject Libraries, and WikiProject Books. The topic has a main Wikimedia portal at Portal:Encyclopedias and appears on the focus lists for Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have and Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4.

The entry is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. It is distinct from the Uncyclopedia. The term appears in abbreviations tables as энцикл. or "энцикл." and is referenced by 1,410 other encyclopedia articles. A PubMed query for the term yields a count of 24573.

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