CORNELL UNIVERSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cornell University mean? 

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

1. a university in Ithaca, New York

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORNELL UNIVERSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in Ithaca, New York

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

Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Holonyms ("Cornell University" 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)

 Context examples 

“Plastic debris acts like a marine motorhome for microbes,” says Joleah Lamb, research fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and lead author of the study.

(Plastic debris linked to coral disease, death, SciDev.Net)

"Our research mainly focuses on the acceleration required to get the water out of the ear canal," said Anuj Baskota, Undergraduate Researcher at Cornell University College of Engineering.

(Shaking head to free water in ears could cause brain damage in kids, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"We found a new way to make volcanoes," says geologist Esteban Gazel of Cornell University.

(Scientists discover a new way volcanoes form, NSF)

The new paper, led by Alex Hayes at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, finds that Titan's seas follow a constant elevation relative to Titan's gravitational pull — just like Earth's oceans.

(Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has 'Sea Level' Like Earth, NASA)

Cornell University researchers led by Christopher Hernandez used a 3D printer to manufacture bone-inspired material made from a urethane methacrylate polymer, then tested for its durability.

(Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment, National Science Foundation)

"The data suggest that something is not right, so to speak, inside Mimas," said Radwan Tajeddine, a Cassini research associate at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and lead author on the paper.

(Saturn Moon May Hide a 'Fossil' Core or an Ocean, NASA)

In a study, Cornell University scientists report evidence of metal pollution creating danger for soft coral sea fans.

(Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper, National Science Foundation)