Cy'clo-pē'di-ä or Cy'clo-pæ'di-ä, n.

n. [From Gr. κύκλος, circle, and παιδεία, the bringing up of a child, education, erudition, from παιδεύειν, to bring up a child, from παῖς, child.] The circle or compass of the arts and sciences; circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing in an alphabetical arrangement information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a Cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See ENCYCLOPEDIA.