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COLUMBIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A university in New York City
Synonyms:
Columbia; Columbia University
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
Holonyms ("Columbia" is a part of...):
Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)
Holonyms ("Columbia" is a member of...):
Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A university town in central Missouri
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Columbia" is a part of...):
Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
Synonyms:
capital of South Carolina; Columbia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("Columbia" is a part of...):
Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A town in west central Tennessee
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Columbia" is a part of...):
Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring
Synonyms:
Columbia; Columbia River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Columbia" is a part of...):
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
Context examples:
“Potential fisheries catches will decrease by more than 50 per cent in many regions in the South Pacific,” says William Cheung, associate professor, University of British Columbia.
(Pacific island fish migrating to cooler seas, SciDev.Net)
A research team led by David Sulzer, Ph.D., professor of neurology at Columbia University in New York City and Alessandro Sette, Dr.Biol.Sci., professor of infectious diseases at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology in California, examined the role of T cells in Parkinson’s disease (PD).
(Immune system may mount an attack in Parkinson’s disease, National Institutes of Health)
In this study, Guillermo Horga, M.D., Ph.D. of Columbia University, New York, and colleagues conducted a series of validation studies to show that NM-MRI can serve as a marker of dopamine function in individuals without neurodegenerative disorders.
(Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis, National Institutes of Health)
Researchers from Columbia University, New York City, are now able to use induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to form a model of human adult-like cardiac muscle by introducing electric and mechanical stimulation at an early stage.
(Early stimulation improves performance of bioengineered human heart cells, National Institutes of Health)
To understand El Niño’s impact on crops, the team from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University in the United States analysed earlier climate models of El Niño and compared this with data on crop harvests.
(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)
An international team led by scientists at Columbia University set out to determine whether the fine particles in air pollution may alter DNA methylation in CD4+ T-helper cells, a type of circulating white blood cell involved in the inflammatory response.
(Combatting epigenetic effects from outdoor air pollution, NIH)
The researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of British Columbia analyzed tumor samples from more than 2,500 patients with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, one of the most common forms of the disease.
(Study finds new clues in understanding relapse in breast cancer, Agência Brasil)
Researchers from Columbia, Harvard and Boston Universities analyzed a subset of data collected from 2,280 male veterans from the greater Boston area who were given tests to determine their lung function.
(Aspirin Could Cut Air Pollution Harms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Our findings suggest that aspirin and other NSAIDs may protect the lungs from short-term spikes in air pollution, first and corresponding author Xu Gao, a post-doctoral research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Columbia Mailman School, said in press statement.
(Aspirin Could Cut Air Pollution Harms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
