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polytechnic

[ pol-ee-tek-nik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects:

    a polytechnic institute.



noun

  1. a school or other institution in which instruction in technical subjects is given.

polytechnic

/ ˌpɒlɪˈtɛknɪk /

noun

  1. a college offering advanced full- and part-time courses, esp vocational courses, in many fields at and below degree standard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to technical instruction and training
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of polytechnic1

1795–1805; poly- + technic, modeled on French polytechnique
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Word History and Origins

Origin of polytechnic1

C19: via French from Greek polutekhnos skilled in many arts. See technic
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Example Sentences

When the shutdown was imposed, she was teaching applied mathematics at a women’s polytechnic in Srinagar.

With the precision of a graduate of the polytechnic school, he had enumerated all his qualifications for being a model son-in-law.

He extolled progress, though he despised everyone who was not a gentleman, or who had not come from the Polytechnic School!

But with all allowance for the Polytechnic excursion and the tourist agency, our inertia is still appalling.

A student of the Polytechnic is standing on the left bank of the river; he has a musket, but no ammunition.

Accordingly, he was not forgotten by the founders of the Polytechnic School.

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