An abbreviation of encyclopedia, used in shortened form in citations, references, or informal contexts.
Shortened form of encyclopedia, typically appearing in academic abbreviations or archival notations rather than common speech.
You'll see 'encycl.' abbreviated in old academic papers and footnotes—it's the librarian's shorthand for encyclopedia, a marker of how knowledge was organized before the internet.
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