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单词 polytechnical
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polytechnicaladj.

Brit. /ˌpɒlᵻˈtɛknɪkl/, U.S. /ˌpɑləˈtɛknɪk(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: poly- comb. form, technical adj.
Etymology: < poly- comb. form + technical adj., after French polytechnique (see polytechnic adj.) . Compare polytechnic adj.
1. = polytechnic adj.Frequently with capital initial in proper names.
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society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > various
polytechnic1798
polytechnical1798
interdiscipline1930
multidiscipline1935
interdisciplinary1937
1798 H. M. Williams Tour Switzerland xxxii. 133 Various institutions are formed for the progress of knowledge in France, among which the Polytechnical School claims a distinguished place.
1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 96 To be admitted to any one of these schools it is necessary to have passed through the polytechnical school.
1892 K. Gould tr. L. von Kobell Conversat. Dr. Döllinger iv. 75 Professor of Mathematics at the Gymnasium and Polytechnical School.
1922 Iowa City Press-Citizen 16 Sept. 2/5 (caption) Close-up of glider, in which F. W. Hentzen, student at Hanover (Germany) Polytechnical School, remained aloft.
1987 K. Vlassie Proper Goodbye in L. Hutcheon & M. Richmond Other Solitudes (1990) 113 She is a professor of English at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.
2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Apr. a12/1 He was working in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia..as the administrator of a polytechnical school when he was detained.
2. Practising many trades. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > work > [adjective] > of a place: practising many arts
polytechnical1880
1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Indian Arts I. 138 The trade guilds of the great polytechnical cities of India.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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