academic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: academic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for academic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
academic adj associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns" hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question" marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Synonym(s): academic, donnish, pedantic n an educator who works at a college or university [syn: academician, academic, faculty member]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Academic \Ac`a*dem"ic\, n. 1. One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist. --Hume. 2. A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Academic \Ac`adem"ic\, Academical \Ac`adem"ical\, a. [L. academicus: cf. F. acad[82]migue. See {Academy}.] 1. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic* sect or philosophy. 2. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific. [bd]Academic courses.[b8] --Warburton. [bd]Academical study.[b8] --Berkeley.