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Definition of Encyclopedic
1. Adjective. Broad in scope or content. "Encyclopedic knowledge"
Definition of Encyclopedic
1. a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
Definition of Encyclopedic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge. ¹
2. Adjective. (lexicography) Relating to or containing encyclopedic information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encyclopedic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclopedic
Literary usage of Encyclopedic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Although the word, used technically, dates only from the sixteenth century,
encyclopedic treatment of human science reaches back to antiquity, ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"They may be encyclopedic, giving a detailed and comprehensive account of ...
The book under review is no exception, falling in the encyclopedic category. ..."
3. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"Perhaps many of us would be inclined to think that such an authoritative work as
the encyclopedic should have used its influence to secure uniformity as ..."
4. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society by American Mathematical Society (1919)
"Articles in encyclopedic des Sciences mathematiques, volume IV, part 6, pages 1-191.
PR Alger and others, Ground Work of Practical Navy Gunnery or Exterior ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Much material was furnished by the work of the Benedictines in patristics, and J.
Mabillon produced an encyclopedic work in his De studiis ..."
6. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"The encyclopedic dcs gens du monde adds the information that "magic lantern is
a name given popularly and incorrectly to those ..."
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