Webster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary [antikvár]

ForewordThis comprehensive reference brings together in one volume material ordinarily available only in many different sources. For students, professionals, and general readers, it will serve as a complete reference library, providing authoritative guidelines for language use in writing and in speech, as well as up-to-date, clear, and accessible information on a wide variety of topics.Revised in 1993, the definitions of Webster's New Dictionary are written in everyday, comprehensible language, making the dictionary appropriate for use by every member of the family. Nearly 1,000 illustrations are included to supplement and clarify written definitions. Following the dictionary itself, the editors have provided several sections on language usage, from such basics as definitions of common prefixes, roots, and suffixes and guides to pronunciation and spelling, to a rhyming dictionary, a manual of style, and a complete thesaurus.Coverage of other areas of knowledge is equally wide in scope and up-to-date in content. Composed of materials researched from scores of reference works and current periodicals, "History and the World Today" includes a chronology of world history, world population information, and thorough, detailed profiles of nations of the world. For coping with everyday business and personal needs, there are practical glossaries of legal, business, and computer terms. For the general reader interested in learning more about the earth and science, as well as for researchers in search of specific information, Webster's New Encyclopedic Dicticmary contains more than a dozen sections relating to these areas, including a ftill current atlas reflecting recent changes in the political, economic, and geographic make-up of the world, a geographic dictionary, glossaries of scientific and medical terms, and easy-to-use charts and tables on astronomy, calendars and time systems, number systems, and common mathematical and scientific formulas.Created for home, office, and school, the thorough and up-to-date information together with the modem, legible page design oiWebster's New Encyclopedic Dictionary will assure years of productive use.