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LOS ANGELES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A city in southern California; motion picture capital of the world; most populous city of California and second largest in the United States
Synonyms:
City of the Angels; L.A.; Los Angeles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
Meronyms (parts of "Los Angeles"):
Catalina Island; Santa Catalina (an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California)
Holonyms ("Los Angeles" is a part of...):
CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
Context examples:
University of California, Los Angeles scientists used a novel method known as Drop-seq to closely look at individual brain cells in the hippocampus, a region involved in learning and memory, after TBI or in uninjured control animals.
(Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury, National Institutes of Health)
The scientists, part of a team of geologists and paleontologists led by Xiaoming Wang of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, uncovered fossil specimens of the Tibetan fox in the Zanda Basin in southern Tibet.
("Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet, NSF)
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles reported a 73 percent decline in the risk of developing the disease among the most physically active study participants, compared with those who were the least active.
(Another Reason to Exercise: Protecting Your Sight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
If greenhouse gas concentrations remain on their current trajectory, melting ice from Greenland alone could contribute as much as 24 feet to global sea level rise by the year 3000, which would place much of San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans and other coastal cities underwater.
(New research shows an iceless Greenland may be in the future, National Science Foundation)
On the Moon, "We found shallow craters tend to be located in areas where surface ice was previously detected near the south pole of the Moon, and inferred this shallowing is most likely due to the presence of buried thick ice deposits,” said lead author Lior Rubanenko of the University of California, Los Angeles.
(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)
The research was led by Mark Hay, a marine ecologist and Regents Professor at GT, who said There is a lot of argument now about whether local management can help in the face of global stresses — whether what a Fijian village does matters when people in London and Los Angeles burn fossil fuels to drive to work.
(Voracious fish defend coral reefs against warming, Wikinews)
A pioneering international study, carried out by the University of Granada, Harvard University, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Florida, Laval University and the Jackson Laboratory has conducted an in-depth analysis of the molecular differences between the most common symptoms associated with neuropathic pain.
(Genetic study paves way for new neuropathic pain treatments, University of Granada)
A team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), set out to test whether epidural stimulation could restore some hand strength and control in people with tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia (the loss of use of all 4 limbs).
(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)
The timing of this event on December 15 falls on a Sunday in Los Angeles, but it will fall on Monday on the US East Coast, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Short distance travel, such as the distance between Ojai and Los Angeles or from the Hamptons and New York City (about 100-200 miles) would be perfect for finding interesting new people, and maybe one or two you’d like to know better in the romantic sense.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
