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be the crossing of the canons on the coat of arms. The nickname "X" also applies to Polytechnicians. Female Polytechnicians are sometimes nicknamed "Xettes" or "X7", which is pronounced .

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the school and its students and alumni were nicknamed "pipo". In the early 20th century, the school was also nicknamed "Carva".

History

Foundation and early years

After the Revolution of 1789, the royal engineering schools were closed. The First Republic faced a shortage of engineers

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