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OREGON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
Synonyms:
Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Oregon"):
Pacific Northwest (a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia)
Crater Lake National Park (a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano)
Bend (a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range)
Eugene (a city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university)
Klamath Falls (a town in southern Oregon near the California border)
Medford (a town in southwestern Oregon; a summer resort)
Portland (freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains)
capital of Oregon; Salem (capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River)
Klamath; Klamath River (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean)
Snake; Snake River (a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition)
Willamette; Willamette River (a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland)
Holonyms ("Oregon" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Context examples:
The research team used advanced data-processing techniques on data from 1,300 GPS stations in the mountains of California, Oregon and Washington, collected from 2006 through October 2017.
(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)
A zebrafish line derived from the mating of two lines, A and B, obtained in Albany, Oregon.
(AB Zebrafish, NCI Thesaurus)
Many past studies that analyzed ocean temperatures made the assumption that they cooled at the same rate over the entire globe, said Andreas Schmittner, a scientist at Oregon State University and co-author of the study.
(Why atmospheric carbon dioxide was lower during ice ages, National Science Foundation)
Scientist Mas Subramanian of Oregon State University, who made history a decade ago with the accidental discovery of the first new blue inorganic pigment in more than two centuries, is again pushing forward the science of color.
(Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals, National Science Foundation)
We now know that these areas, once thought to be barren and stable, are actually quite dynamic, said Ricardo Letelier, an Oregon State University biogeochemist and ecologist who, in collaboration with scientist David Karl at the University of Hawaii, led the study.
(North Pacific Ocean fertilized by iron in Asian dust, National Science Foundation)
During the eclipse on August 21, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun, completely blocking the face of the sun and darkening skies all the way from Oregon on the West Coast to South Carolina on the East Coast.
(Perseid Meteor Shower Provides Opening Act for Solar Eclipse, VOA News)
Arizona State University (ASU) and Mayo Clinic researchers have found that one type of clay, Oregon blue clay, may help fight disease-causing bacteria in wounds, including treatment-resistant bacteria.
(Clay fights MRSA, other 'superbugs' in wounds, National Science Foundation)
This time he gained southern Oregon before he was caught and returned.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Volcanic eruptions over the past 70,000 or so years produced silica-rich magmas and hydrothermal waters that may have contributed to the Oregon deposit's antibacterial properties.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
His prospecting led him through the Dakotas, Idaho, and eastern Oregon, and on into the mountains of British Columbia.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
