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

adjective

1. of or relating to technical instruction and training

Word History and Origins

Origin of polytechnic¹

1795–1805; poly- + technic, modeled on French polytechnique

Word History and Origins

Origin of polytechnic¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From MIT Technology Review

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

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

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

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

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

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