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BINGHAMTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Binghamton mean?
• BINGHAMTON (noun)
The noun BINGHAMTON has 1 sense:
1. a city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania
Familiarity information: BINGHAMTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in south central New York near the border with Pennsylvania
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)
Holonyms ("Binghamton" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Context examples
Researchers at the State University of New York, Binghamton made a paper battery by printing thin layers of metals and other materials onto a paper surface.
(New Type of Battery Created from Paper, Fueled by Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
What is important about it is that it demonstrates the statue locations themselves are not a weird ritual place – the ahu and moai represent ritual in a sense of there is symbolic meaning to them, but they are integrated into the lives of the community," said study co-author Professor Carl Lipo of Binghamton University.
(Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources, Wikinews)
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