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micropedia

micropedia noun: an encyclopaedia containing a limited or reduced (abridged) amount of information.

Noun

micropedia (plural micropedias)

  1. An encyclopaedia containing a limited or reduced (abridged) amount of information.
    • The 15th ed. is divided into a macropedia (19 vols.), consisting of long, fully detailed articles, and a micropedia (10 vols .) of dictionarylike format. Both are arranged alphabetically.1977, John M. Kierzek, Walker Gibson, edited by Robert F. Wilson, Jr., The Macmillan Handbook of English, 6 revised edition, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 87
    • The cultural section covers religions, mythology, and legends of areas of the world and includes maps, a chronology, and color photographs. A second section identifies heroes and deities, giving their myths and regions. A "micropedia" contains short, alphabetically arranged entries for names and...1995, Margaret I. Nichols, Selecting and Using a Core-Reference Collection, Diane Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 8

Proper noun capitalized: MicroPedia

MicroPedia

  1. (rare) A generic name for an encyclopaedia or wiki that pertains to micronationalism.

Examples of micropedia in a sentence

  • A "micropedia" contains short, alphabetically arranged entries for names and places.1995, Margaret I. Nichols, Selecting and Using a Core-Reference Collection, Diane Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 8:
  • Until recently, the encyclopedia volumes were still modeled around a traditional structure that spread information across three volume types: the micropedia, the macropedia, and the propedia.2013, John J. Regazzi, Infonomics and the Business of Free, IGI Global, →ISBN, pages 50–51:

Forms of micropedia

pluralmicropedias
alternative formmicropaedia

Origin of micropedia

From micro- + -pedia.

From micronation + encyclopaedia.

Questions about micropedia

What does micropedia mean?
Micropedia means an encyclopaedia containing a limited or reduced (abridged) amount of information.
How do you use micropedia in a sentence?
A "micropedia" contains short, alphabetically arranged entries for names and places.
What part of speech is micropedia?
Micropedia can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of micropedia?
The plural of micropedia is micropedias.

Words near micropedia in the dictionary

  1. micropatterns
  2. micropause
  3. micropauses
  4. micropayment
  5. micropayments
  6. micropedia
  7. micropedias
  8. micropegmatite
  9. micropegmatites
  10. micropegmatitic
  11. micropelagic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: micropedia (page history and authors); MicroPedia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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