Definitions for textbook
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text(adj)

   a book prepared for use in schools or colleges

   "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"

2. casebook, textbook(adj)

   according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

   "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"

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1. textbook(Noun)

   A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

2. textbook(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.

3. textbook(Adjective)

   Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon.

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1. Textbook

   A textbook or coursebook is a manual of instruction in any branch of study. Textbooks are produced according to the demands of educational institutions. Although most textbooks are only published in printed format, many are now available as online electronic books and increasingly, although illegally, in scanned format on file sharing networks.

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1. textbook

   Textbook (adj) a book used by students inside the campus.

   Textbook a reviewer related to the study of a subject.

   Submitted by pinkss5 on October 21, 2015  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of textbook in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of textbook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of textbook in a Sentence

1. Bryan Stevenson:

   Race, poverty, inadequate legal assistance, and prosecutorial indifference to innocence conspired to create a textbook example of injustice, i can't think of a case that more urgently dramatizes the need for reform than what has happened to Anthony Ray Hinton.

2. Daniel Byman:

   Sisi's approach to counter-terrorism is almost a textbook case of what not to do.

3. Professor Levin:

   Our study challenges the established notion of how the continents on which we live behave, it challenges the textbook concepts taught in introductory geology classes.

4. Raimondas Karoblis:

   Such deceitful news is almost a textbook example ... so others should know that things like this are possible and they should prepare for them, there is now doubt that someone was preparing for such incidents and had various scenarios in place.

5. Gerald Miller:

   Its great, because it means were still making progress, eventually, somethings going to be in the textbook and the ball game is over. ... The fact that theres two competing ideas means that its exciting and vibrant. And now finally we have the experimental tools to resolve these issues.

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