Meaning & use

MIT

abbreviation·Academic

An abbreviation for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a leading research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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She earned her engineering degree from MIT before joining a robotics startup.

Researchers at MIT developed a new material that could improve battery storage.

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MIT is one of the world's leading universities for science, engineering, and technology research.

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