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noun a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
originFirst attested in 1805. From French polytechnique, from the École polytechnique, engineering school founded 1794 in Paris; from Greek πολύτεχνος "skilled in many arts," from πολύς "many" (see poly-) + τέχνη "art" (see technic).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0