campus

campus
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin, plain Date: 1774 1. the grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school 2. a university, college, or school viewed as an academic, social, or spiritual entity 3. grounds that resemble a campus <
a hospital campus
>
<
a landscaped corporate campus
>

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  • Campus — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Campus de Azurém de la Universidad del Miño, en Guimarães, Portugal. Un campus es el conjunto de terrenos y edificios que pertenecen a una universidad. El término proviene del inglés campus, y éste a su vez del lat …   Wikipedia Español

  • CAMPUS (P.) — CAMPUS PETER (1937 ) Les œuvres vidéo de Peter Campus sont semblables à des aphorismes qu’un penseur écrirait pour lui même et sur lui même: séquences rapides, installations inattendues montrant leur auteur en train de réaliser des gestes simples …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • campus — CÁMPUS, campusuri, s.n. Complex universitar cuprinzând construcţii şi dotări pentru învăţământ, cercetare, locuit, agrement etc. – Din engl. campus. Trimis de valeriu, 11.02.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  cámpus s. n., pl. cámpusuri Trimis de siveco,… …   Dicționar Român

  • campus — cam‧pus [ˈkæmpəs] noun [countable, uncountable] PROPERTY 1. an area of land where a university has its buildings and facilities: • Many students live on campus. • Berkeley is the oldest of the University of California campuses. 2. a large area… …   Financial and business terms

  • campus — (plural campus) sustantivo masculino 1. Ámbito o espacio físico de una universidad: La universidad de León se trasladará a un nuevo campus. La Facultad de Letras proyecta trasladarse a un nuevo campus. Los campus universitarios españoles suelen… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • Campus — Cam pus, n. [L., a field.] 1. The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus. [1913 Webster] 2. a college or university. [PJC] 3. a division of a university with its own… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • CAMPUS — idem Longobardis, quod Regia, Aimoinus, Francor l. 4. c. 86. inquit, Hunnorum Regia, ab iis Rhingus, a Longobardis Campus vocatur. Statio Graeci Imper. duplex fult: domestica, quae Palatium, et campeltris, quae Follatum dicebatur. Sic Longobardis …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • campus — ☆ campus [kam′pəs ] n. pl. campuses [L, a field < IE * kampos, a corner, cove < base * kamp , to bend > Gr kampē, bend, curve, Lith kam̃pas, corner, area] 1. the grounds, sometimes including the buildings, of a school or college 2. the… …   English World dictionary

  • Campus — Campus, IL U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 145 Housing Units (2000): 45 Land area (2000): 0.099373 sq. miles (0.257376 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.099373 sq. miles (0.257376 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Campus, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 145 Housing Units (2000): 45 Land area (2000): 0.099373 sq. miles (0.257376 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.099373 sq. miles (0.257376 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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