单词 | university of the air |
释义 | > as lemmasUniversity of the Air University of the Air n. (a) an organization which provides courses of (esp. higher) education partly through radio and television broadcasts; spec. (an early name for) the Open University (see open university n. at open adj. Compounds 3); (b) (colloquial) a flying school or a college of aeronautical engineering (rare). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > college or university > [noun] > university > specific university Oxon.c1439 Oxford1455 Sorbonne1560 aunt1625 T.C.D.1831 other place1899 open university1902 U.C.L.a1912 University of the Air1922 U.C.L.A.1941 U.C.D.1955 OU1969 open1970 College of the Air1977 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > training > [noun] > school or university flying school1894 University of the Air1922 1922 Radio Broadcast May 45/2 The people's University of the Air will have a greater student body than all of our universities put together. The educational application of radio is an immense field so far untouched. 1928 Los Angeles Times 7 Sept. i. 2/4 The company..will establish aviation schools through the country in addition to three so-called universities of the air for the advance training of aviators. 1931 Civil & Milit. Gaz. (Lahore) 4 Nov. 2/3 To meet the demand for trained and competent personnel..the College of Aeronautical Engineering has been formed—the University of the Air. 1963 Glasgow Herald 9 Sept. 1/1 Mr Wilson..suggested the broadcasting time for the ‘university of the air’ could be obtained by allocation of the fourth television channel. 1969 Radio Times 27 Nov. 12 Originally named ‘the University of the Air’, the Open University offers an exciting new opportunity. 1997 Nikkei Weekly (Japan) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 20 Shigefumi Nagano, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of the Air in Chiba, estimates that average IQ scores have increased about 10 points over the last 20 years. < as lemmas |
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