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polytechnic

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pol·y·tech·nic  (pl-tknk)
adj.
Offering, receiving, or dealing with instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences: a polytechnic institute.
n.
A school specializing in the teaching of industrial arts and applied sciences.

polytechnic
Noun
Brit (in New Zealand and formerly in Britain) college offering courses in many subjects at and below degree level
Adjective
of or relating to technical instruction [Greek polutekhnos skilled in many arts]

polytechnic
a school of higher education offering instruction in a variety of vocational, technical, and scientific subjects. — polytechnic, adj.
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Noun1.polytechnicpolytechnic - a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
tech, technical school - a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
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polytechnic [pɔlɪˈtɛknɪk] nescuela politécnica
polytechnic [pɔlɪˈtɛknɪk] n (= college) → IUT m, Institut m universitaire de technologie
polytechnic [pɔlɪˈtɛknɪk] ntechnische Hochschule f
polytechnic [pɔlɪˈtɛknɪk] n (college) → istituto superiore ad indirizzo tecnologico

polytechnic
n polytechnic [poliˈteknik]
a school or college in which technical subjects, eg engineering and building, are taught. politechnikonمُتَعَدد الفنونполитехникумpolytechnikateknisk universitetpolytechnische Schuleπολυτεχνική σχολήpolitécnicopolütehnikumمدرسه یا دانشکده پلی تکنیکtekninen koulu tai opisto(école) polytechniqueטֶכנִיוֹןबहुशिल्प विज्ञानpolitehnička školaműszaki főiskolapolitekniktækniskólipolitecnico科学技術専門学校(大学レベル)공업 학교politechnikos institutas, politechnikumaspolitehnikumspolitekniktechnische hogeschoolteknisk skole; høyskole; universitetpolitechnika, szkoła technicznaescola politécnica(şcoală) politehnicăполитехникумpolytechnikatehniška šolapolitehnička školateknisk högskolaโรงเรียนโปลีเทคนิคteknik okul綜合性工業學校(或大學),工藝學校політехнічний технікумٹيکنيکل مضامين کا کالج يا اسکولtrường bách khoa),

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Petersburg, or yet with the Travellers' Club, or even the Royal Polytechnic Institute, where his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state.
He had at once declared for a military life, and had in consequence studied hard, passed brilliantly through the Polytechnic School, and left it as sub-lieutenant of the 53d of the line.
He exhibited a model of his invention at the Polytechnic Institution.
 
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