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micropædia|maɪkrəʊˈpiːdɪə|
[f. micro- + Gr. παιδεία learning.]
A section of the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica (published in 1974) in which information is presented in a condensed form. (Cf. macropædia, propædia.) Hence microˈpædic a.
1974Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 3/5 Consisting of 30 volumes, it will consist of what are described as a propaedia, a micropaedia and a macropaedia. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 1120/4 About 180 writers are given biographies proper, the rest have to make do with a Micropaedic note. |