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HAMILTON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Bermuda

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario

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)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Hamilton" is a part of...):

Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)

Synonyms:

Alexander Hamilton; Hamilton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970)

Synonyms:

Alice Hamilton; Hamilton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

toxicologist (one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment)

Sense 5

Meaning:

English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

Synonyms:

Amy Lyon; Hamilton; Lady Emma Hamilton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Irish mathematician (1806-1865)

Synonyms:

Hamilton; Sir William Rowan Hamilton; William Rowan Hamilton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21-Item test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 21 Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Feelings of guilt.

(HAMD-17 - Feelings of Guilt, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Somatic symptoms gastro-intestinal.

(HAMD-17 - Gastrointestinal Somatic Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

There’s Hamilton, for example, the quiet, pale-faced man who is learning against the pillar.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Depressed mood: sadness, hopeless, helpless, worthless.

(HAMD-17 - Depressed Mood, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Agitation.

(HAMD-17 - Agitation, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Cardiovascular symptoms; tachycardia, palpitations, pain in chest, throbbing of vessels, fainting feelings, missing beat.

(HAMA - Cardiovascular Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Fears; of dark, of strangers, of being left alone, of animals, of traffic, of crowds.

(HAMA - Fears, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Intellectual; difficulty in concentration, poor memory.

(HAMA - Intellectual, NCI Thesaurus)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMA Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)