academy

n. கலைக்கழகம், சங்கம், புணர்கூட்டு, கல்விச்சாலை, கலைக்குழு, கலைபயில் களரி, கிரேக்க அறிஞர் பிளேட்டோ கற்பித்துக்கொண்டு இருந்த தோட்டம், பிளேட்டோ வின் சீடர்கள், பிளேட்டடோ வின் மெய்ந்நுல் முறை.

Synonyms

A*cad"e*my, n.; pl. Academies. Etym: [F. académie, 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. 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. 3. A place of training; a school. "Academies of fanaticism." Hume. 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. 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. Academy figure (Paint.), a drawing usually half life-size, in crayon or pencil, after a nude model.