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Encyclop'dia. A collective work containing a series of Articles by many contributors, either on all subjects, as the Encyclop'dia Britannica, Chambers's Encyclop'dia, or on all parts of a special subject, as the Encyclop'dia of the Laws of England or the Encyclop'dia of Sport. An encyclop'dia is a 'collective work' within the meaning of the Copyright Act, 1911; see s. 35 of the Act, and see also s. 5 (2).