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Aard Dictionary

Dictionary and offline Wikipedia reader. Created by Igor Tkach

Free Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android

Dictionary and offline Wikipedia reader.

"Aard Dictionary is a free, fast, easy to use word lookup program that

looks up words fast even with huge dictionaries like English Wikipedia
looks up words in multiple dictionaries in multiple languages without switching
works great as offline Wikipedia reader
is keyboard navigation friendly
has efficient, highly compressed dictionary data storage format with ability to verify data integrity built-in " More Info »

Manually download highly compressed .aar files as "dictionaries".
Limited to text only.

Links to official Aard Dictionary sites

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Features

Android app Encyclopedia Works Offline Wiki Add a feature

Category

Education & Reference

Tags

dictionary offline-wikipedia wikipedia

Aard Dictionary was added by Aquilai in Feb 2012 and the latest update was made in Nov 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Aug 2019. It's possible to update the information on Aard Dictionary or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

Aardict in Ubuntu "Planck's Law": includes mathematical equations

Aardict in Windows 7 "Periodic Table": includes tables

Aarddict on Android: Text lookup

Aarddict on Android: Adding dictionaries

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