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Notes 3. The science of compiling a dictionary is called ............................... A dictionary generally
deals with the collection of general words either of a language or of special terms of a
particular subject.
4. .................................... is a dictionary of words of a language, arranged alphabetically giving
meaning in another language.
5. The common use of .............................. are used a quick reference tool, a language standardiser,
a language recorder and a vocabulary builder.
6. .......................... and .......................... dictionaries facilitate in translation work.

9.2 Combination of Dictionary and Other Reference Sources

Publishers have resorted to producing dictionaries which combine in them the features of
(i) encyclopaedia (ii) thesaurus (iii) or even handbooks. This has resulted in various types of
publications.

9.2.1 Dictionary-cum-Thesaurus

Collins has merged two essential reference books into one by combining Collins English
Dictionary and New Collins Thesaurus:

The Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus in One Volume/ed. By William T. Mcleod. London:
Collins, 1986.

9.2.2 Encyclopaedic Dictionary

Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia with a New Atlas of the World/ed. By William Dwight
Whitney, Rev. ed. N.Y: Century, 1911. 12 vols.
(It defines general, biographical and geographical terms and explains them with illustrations.)

The Oxford Reference Dictionary/ed. By Joyce. M. Hawkins. Delhi: Oxford University Press,
1986.
This new illustrated dictionary is both an up-to-date, authoritative dictionary and a concise
encyclopaedia.

9.2.3 Subject Encyclopaedic Dictionaries

We have some subject encyclopaedic dictionaries too.

Example: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics/ex. By Kiyosi Ito. 2nd ed. Cambridge:
MITP Press 1986.
9.2.4 Dictionary and Handbook

Dictionary and handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Imaging/by Mario Polturalde.
Bocaraton, Fla: CRC Pr., 1990.

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