Книга: Academy «European Works Sandra Honey»
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Производитель: "Неизвестный" European Works Sandra Honey ISBN:9780856706851 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (1986)
ISBN: 9780856706851 |
Academy
Academy A*cad"e*my, n.; pl. {Academies}. [F. acad['e]mie, L.
academia. Cf. {Academe}.]
1. A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero
Academus), where Plato and his followers held their
philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy
of which Plato was head.
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2. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college
or a university. Popularly, a school, or seminary of
learning, holding a rank between a college and a common
school.
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3. A place of training; a school. ``Academies of
fanaticism.'' --Hume.
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4. A society of learned men united for the advancement of the
arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art
or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and
philology.
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5. A school or place of training in which some special art is
taught; as, the military academy at West Point; a riding
academy; the Academy of Music.
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{Academy figure} (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model. [1913 Webster]
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