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Centrale

Centrale

1 9.5
A top French engineering school or a student at that school
  • proper noun
: Centrale
  • He now holds the BNP Paribas Chair of Quantitative Finance at École Centrale Paris.
  • Istituto Centrale

Examples

  • Rome, S. Maria in Campo Marzio (photo: Instituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione, Rome, E 20408)

    Academic text (1994)
  • The Tervuren Museum (Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale) invited us to look at its rich collection of objects, but it also made a case for the need for scholars to look for lost history and meaning.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Even lunch at Milano Centrale was edible...

    Blog text (8)
  • In one early issue, Alan Merriam reviewed a series of recordings of African music launched by the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Technical analysis done by the Istituto Centrale del Restauro (ICR) in Rome in 1955-57, when the canvas received its first modern restoration, proved that the signature is integral to the original paint layer and was not added at a later moment.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The cover of the journal Centrale, for instance, features a giant, swaggering Eiffel, standing tall between his Tower and a dwarfed pyramid inscribed: "From the greatness of the work is measured the greatness of the man."

    Academic text (2003)
  • The circular loss, which was consolidated in tratteggio (hatching) by the Istituto Centrale del Restauro (the technique is visible in Fig. 5), is probably quite old, though I do not know exactly when or under what conditions the damage occurred.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Marie is studying engineering at Centrale, one of the most prestigious schools in France.

  • Many students aspire to attend Centrale because of its strong reputation in the field of engineering.

  • After graduating from Centrale, he secured a job at a top tech firm in Paris.

Synonyms

engineering school
vsCentrale
7 3.2

A college that teaches how to design and build machines and structures

is a selective prestigious French institution belonging to a named national education group

Surface Forms

Centrale main

Etymology

Centrale comes from the root centr- meaning 'center', the same root you find in the English word center. As the name of a French engineering school, Centrale suggests a 'central' or important place for study, which is why it sounds like a very good school.