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URBAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located in or characteristic of a city or city life
Example:
urban manners
Classified under:
Similar:
citified; city-born; city-bred; cityfied (being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person)
city-like (resembling a city)
urbanised; urbanized (made urban in nature; taking on urban characteristics)
Antonym:
rural (living in or characteristic of farming or country life)
Derivation:
urbanity (the quality or character of life in a city or town)
urbanize (make more industrial or city-like)
urbanize (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
Example:
urban development
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
city (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Derivation:
urbanity (the quality or character of life in a city or town)
Context examples:
On some islands the urban finches were even bolder than those on islands that had never seen invasive predators at all.
(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)
They have now called for more shrubs, plants and trees to be planted in urban areas on the back of the findings.
(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The research examined satellite data from the past 30 years to track land cover changes in the Chobe district, a 21,000-square-kilometer area that encompasses urban, rural, communally-managed and protected lands.
(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)
The results could be used to help designers and urban planners incorporate natural ventilation principles into their designs so that buildings can be kept at a comfortable temperature while using less energy.
(Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally, University of Cambridge)
Ozone is a highly reactive form of oxygen that is a primary constituent of urban smog.
(Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, National Institutes of Health)
Sao Paulo is the second largest Brazilian city, with 7 million vehicles on the roads and the largest urban fleet in the country of flexible-fuel cars that can use ethanol or gasoline interchangeably.
(Ethanol to gasoline switch raises nanoparticles in air, SciDev.Net)
Includes nomadism; labor or seasonal migration; patterns of rural, urban, or suburban migration; or voluntary or forced relocation.
(Human Migration, NCI Thesaurus)
They are required to be located in medically-underserved rural and urban areas, and within those communities, they serve those with limited access to more mainstream health care.
(Community Health Center, NCI Thesaurus)
The 60,000 newly discovered structures include raised highways, urban centers with sidewalks, homes, terraces, industrial-sized agricultural fields, irrigation canals, ceremonial centers, a 30-meter high pyramid, fortresses and moats.
(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)
A key observation was that orchards fare best when they have a diverse community of bees flying in from natural habitats versus agricultural or urban landscapes where only the toughest or most adaptable species can survive.
(Diverse Bee Communities Best for Apple Orchards, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
