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Encyclopaedia Britannica, the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, the
an
encyclopedia
(=
a book containing articles about many different subjects
)
, which consists of many
volume
s
(=
separate books that are part of a set
)
and is now also available as a
CD-ROM
.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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