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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polytechnic \Pol`y*tech"nic\ (p[o^]l`[i^]*t[e^]k"n[i^]k), a. [Gr. poly`technos; poly`s many + te`chnh an art: cf. F. polytechnique.] Comprehending, or relating to, many arts and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches of art and science are taught with especial reference to their practical application; as, a polytechnic institute; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial products.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1805, "pertaining to instruction in many (technical) subjects," from French École Polytechnique, engineering school founded 1794 (as École des Travaux publics) in Paris; from Greek polytekhnos "skilled in many arts," from polys "many" (see poly-) + tekhne "art" (see techno-). As a noun (short for polytechnic institution) from 1836.
Wiktionary
a. that teaches applied arts and sciences rather than academic subjects n. An educational institute that teaches applied arts and sciences rather than academic subjects
WordNet
n. a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences [syn: polytechnic institute, engineering school]
Wikipedia
'''Polytechnic ''' may refer to:
Education:
- Polytechnic university, an alternate term for Institute of technology, designations for many kinds of learning institutions around the world
- Polytechnic (United Kingdom), a type of tertiary education teaching institution in the UK between 1965 and 1992
Sports and entertainment:
- Polytechnic (band), an English indie rock band
- Polytechnic F.C., an English football club
- Polytechnic Marathon, an English foot race
- Polytechnic Stadium (Kremenchuk), a Ukrainian sports facility
- Polytechnic Stadium (London), an English sports facility
- Polytechnic (film), a 2014 Indian film
- Polytechnique (film), a 2009 Canadian film
- Polytechnic Magazine, a sports magazine from the early 1900s
Polytechnic were an English indie-rock band based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester.
A polytechnic is a higher education educational institution in Portugal created in the 1980s. After 1998 they were upgraded to institutions which are allowed to confer licenciatura degrees. Before then, they only awarded short-cycle degrees which were known as bacharelatos and didn't provide further education. After the Bologna Process in 2007, they have been allowed to offer 2nd cycle (masters's) degrees to its students. The polytechnical higher education system provides a more practical training and is profession-oriented, while the university higher education system has a strong theoretical basis and is highly research-oriented.
Polytechnic is a 2014 Malayalam comedy entertainer film directed by M Padmakumar. The film was produced by Kala Nair. The film stars Kunchacko Boban and Bhavana in the lead roles. The music of the film was arranged by Gopi Sunder. K N M & Percy Pictures distributed the film. It was released on April 9, 2014.
A polytechnic was a tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales and Northern Ireland offering higher diplomas, undergraduate degree and post graduate education (masters and PhDs) that was governed and administered at the national level. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 they became independent universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The comparable institutions in Scotland were collectively referred to as Central Institutions. Like polytechnics or technological universities ( institute of technology) in other countries, their aim was to teach both purely academic and professional vocational degrees (engineering, computer science, law, architecture, management, business, accounting, journalism, town planning) etc. Their original focus was applied education for professional work and their original roots concentrated on advanced engineering and applied science ( STEM subjects), though soon after being founded they also created departments concerned with the humanities. The polytechnic legacy was to advance and excel in undergraduate and post graduate degrees in engineering and technology education that now form a core faculty at most universities in the UK. While many former polytechnics have advanced their research focus many have stayed true to their original ethos by focusing on teaching for professional practice.
The division between universities and polytechnics was known as the Binary Divide in UK higher education.
The Polytechnic ( Greek: Πολυτεχνείο) is the traditional name for institutions of higher education in Greece, dealing with engineering at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. There are currently two polytechnics that operate as independent (public) universities and five polytechnic schools that belong to universities. They consist mainly of Engineering departments and their undergraduate programs have a duration of 5 years (full-time). The legal framework of their operation is the same as the one of the universities, and their graduates have equal rights with the graduates of public Greek universities
Greek polytechnics are also referred to as Technical Universities.
Usage examples of "polytechnic".
Nearly forty years ago, while teaching the elements of physiology at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, it occurred to me to illustrate the statements of textbooks by a repetition of such simple experiments as had come before my own eyes.
Educated at Polytechnic Preparatory School, Mercersburg Academy, and Washington and Lee University.
Hayhoe, the Member for Brentford and Isleworth, a state schoolboy who went to a Polytechnic, served his time as a toolroom apprentice and became Minister for Health.
The elder had been educated at the Polytechnic School, the other at the School of Saint Cyr. Scipio was four years older than his brother.
Questioning Ashley reveals that she is a social studies lecturer at a polytechnic.
After finishing the studies at the Polytechnic Institute and University, I had a complete nervous breakdown and while the malady lasted I observed many phenomena, strange and unbelievable.
In 1896 he gave up his German citizenship to avoid military conscription and entered the Zurich Polytechnic Institute on a four-year course designed to churn out high school science teachers.
Yet another potential setback for American Airlines' frequently delayed debut of its passenger shuttle service to Space Station Freedom: Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, indicate that departing soulwaves may rely on detecting Earth's gravitational and magnetic fields in order to find the direction they should move in.
On graduation from the Polytechnic Institute, he was invited to serve on its faculty.
He had said that he was a student nights at a Polytechnic Institute with a name she could not pronounce and that he didn't get enough sleep so there were dark circles under his eyes.
Petersburg, or yet with the Travellers' Club, or even the Royal Polytechnic Institute, where his friend the statistician Cockburn ruled in state.
He continued this at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York where he ,had all the equipment he needed, but remained addicted to theory, it being so much cleaner and neater.
He told of scholarships and polytechnics, of rebuffs and encouragements, of a University career of brilliant success and unexampled privations.