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BERKELEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley
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)
Meronyms (parts of "Berkeley"):
University of California at Berkeley (a university in Berkeley, California)
Holonyms ("Berkeley" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
Synonyms:
Berkeley; Bishop Berkeley; George Berkeley
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
bishop (a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ)
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Context examples:
After analyzing data from a radio survey conducted on a dust cloud in the Perseus constellation, two researchers from UC Berkeley and the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have concluded all sun-like stars are probably born with a companion.
(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The Particles and Fields Package, built by the University of California at Berkeley with support from CU/LASP and Goddard, contains six instruments that will characterize the solar wind and the ionosphere of the planet.
(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)
Imke de Pater, professor and chair of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, discovered the first two massive eruptions on Aug. 15, 2013, in Io's southern hemisphere, using the near-infrared camera (NIRC2) coupled to the adaptive optics system on the Keck II telescope, one of two 10-meter telescopes operated by the Keck Observatory.
(A Hellacious Two Weeks on Jupiter's Moon Io, NASA)
The latest findings, part of the UC Berkeley Grinnell Resurvey Project, come from comparing levels of species declines with computer simulations of how virtual birds must deal with heat on an average hot day in Death Valley, which can be in the 30s Celsius — 90s Fahrenheit — with low humidity.
(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)
We found that people who habitually accept their negative emotions experience fewer negative emotions, which adds up to better psychological health, said study senior author Iris Mauss, an associate professor of psychology at UC Berkeley.
(Embracing Darker Moods Makes You Feel Better, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
He had debated between the Berkeley Free Library and the Oakland Free Library, and decided upon the latter because Ruth lived in Oakland.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“I’ve seen Berks fight,” said he to the Honourable Berkeley Craven.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To-morrow night you will come to me to the Berkeley Hotel at ten of the clock.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Edward assured them himself of his being in town, within a very short time, by twice calling in Berkeley Street.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The woman looked at him appealingly, but he smiled and went on: Berkeley, you know.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
