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Caltech

British  
/ ˈkælˌtɛk /

noun

  1. the California Institute of Technology

"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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Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford and Caltech each restored standardized testing requirements for applicants in 2024 or 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

"The strings just fell out," says Clifford Cheung, professor of theoretical physics and director of the Leinweber Forum for Theoretical Physics at Caltech.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

In 1974, Caltech physicist John Schwarz and French physicist Joël Scherk recognized that string theory could also include gravity.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

He joined the Caltech Christian Fellowship, taking on a leadership role in which he organized Bible discussions, as well as the fencing team and the Nerf Club.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

These particles were named quarks by the Caltech physicist Murray Gell-Mann, who won the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his work on them.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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