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POLYTECHNIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polytechnic mean?
• POLYTECHNIC (noun)
The noun POLYTECHNIC has 1 sense:
1. a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
Familiarity information: POLYTECHNIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
engineering school; polytechnic; polytechnic institute
Hypernyms ("polytechnic" is a kind of...):
tech; technical school (a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences)
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