Encyclopedia | Definition, History, Examples, Facts | Britannica These were rare exceptions, however; the real breakthrough came only with the considerable number of encyclopaedic Latin-language dictionaries that appeared in the early 16th century, the best known of which is a series of publications by the French printer Charles Estienne (see Robert I Estienne)
Encyclopaedia - Encyclopaedias in general | Britannica The period spanning the 17th and 18th centuries is characterized by the flourishing of the encyclopaedic dictionaries that were pioneered by the Estienne family in France in the 16th century
Encyclopedic Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary 1 ENTRIES FOUND: encyclopedic (adjective) encyclopedic adjective also encyclopaedic ɪnˌsaɪklə ˈpiːdɪk Britannica Dictionary definition of ENCYCLOPEDIC [more encyclopedic; most encyclopedic] : dealing with or knowing a subject thoroughly or completely
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Encyclopaedic dictionary | reference work | Britannica The period spanning the 17th and 18th centuries is characterized by the flourishing of the encyclopaedic dictionaries that were pioneered by the Estienne family in France in the 16th century
Encyclopaedia - History of encyclopaedias | Britannica The Encyclopédie de la Pléiade (begun 1955) was an encyclopaedic series, each work (some in more than one volume) being a self-contained treatment of a broad subject field written in narrative form
Characteristics of an encyclopedia | Britannica Pliny the Elder was a Roman savant and author of the celebrated Natural History, an encyclopaedic work of uneven accuracy that was an authority on scientific matters up to the Middle Ages
Apollo 11 | History, Mission, Landing, Astronauts, Pictures, Spacecraft . . . Apollo 11, U S spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Union in putting people on the Moon
Funk Wagnalls dictionaries | Encyclopedic, Reference, Lexicography . . . These spinoffs include, among others, the Comprehensive Standard International Dictionary, a reprint of the Standard with encyclopaedic matter added; and the Standard College Dictionary, an abridged version of the Standard