CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cambridge University mean? 

• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (noun)
  The noun CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY has 1 sense:

1. a university in England

  Familiarity information: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cambridge; Cambridge University

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 ("Cambridge University" is a part of...):

Cambridge (a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University)

 Context examples 

The findings have been confirmed by anatomical studies at Cambridge University, UK, showing that the part of the ear responsible for high-frequency hearing is vestigial in these species.

(Tiny Brazilian Frogs Deaf to Own Calls, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The team from Cambridge University’s Department of Biochemistry and Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU) adapted low-temperature scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) to image the nanoscale architecture of tree cell walls in their living state.

(Revealing the nanostructure of wood could help raise height limits for wooden skyscrapers, University of Cambridge)

“Nature is an amazing architect. Bamboo is structured in a really clever way,” said Darshil Shah, a researcher in Cambridge University’s Department of Architecture, who led the study.

(Visualising heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings, University of Cambridge)

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals, examined whether synovial fluid produced during osteoarthritis is capable of directly exciting sensory nerves supplying knee joints – those nerves responsible for transmitting pain signals.

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)

Scientists at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University have found that the mineral vaterite, a form (polymorph) of calcium carbonate, is a dominant component of the protective silvery-white crust that forms on the leaves of a number of alpine plants, which are part of the Garden’s national collection of European Saxifraga species.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)