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PENN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Synonyms:
Penn; Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
Holonyms ("Penn" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Holonyms ("Penn" is a member of...):
Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
Synonyms:
Penn; William Penn
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))
Context examples:
"These doughnuts may eventually have medical applications as active materials," said Igor Aronson of Penn State.
(Tiny swimming 'doughnuts' deliver the biomedical goods, National Science Foundation)
A new study led by researchers at Penn State and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the first to combine whole genome sequencing and migration tracking technology to pinpoint a single gene associated with the complex suite of traits that determine migratory behavior.
(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)
Scott Poethig, a plant biologist at Penn, and Aaron Leichty of the University of California, Davis, show that as part of an age-dependent phenomenon in plant development, the acacias develop the traits necessary to feed the ant colony: hollow, swollen thorns to house them; and nectaries and nutrient-rich leaflet tips called Beltian bodies to feed them.
(Between ants and acacias, timing is everything, National Science Foundation)
