PENN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Penn mean? 

• PENN (noun)
  The noun PENN has 2 senses:

1. Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

2. a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  Familiarity information: PENN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Penn; William Penn

Instance hypernyms:

Friend; Quaker (a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Penn; Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania

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)

 Context examples 

The researchers recruited 158 Penn State students for the study.

(Mindful Movement May Help Lower Stress, Anxiety, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"It's really hard to get things to mix when using a lab-on-a-chip," said Remmi Danae Baker of Penn State.

(Tiny swimming 'doughnuts' deliver the biomedical goods, National Science Foundation)

A digital reconstruction of the fossil that facilitated its analysis was initiated at Penn State University.

(3.8-million-year-old fossil cranium unveils more about human ancestry, National Science Foundation)

"The great migrations of the world have been inspiring people for hundreds of years," said David Toews, a biologist at Penn State and leader of the research team.

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)

We are interested in recent human evolution and what explains the evident variation in things like skin color, hair color and the face itself, said Mark D. Shriver, professor of anthropology, Penn State.

(Nose Form Was Shaped by Climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In a new study, colleagues of Janzen’s at Penn uncovered a genetic mechanism that programs the plant in the ant-acacia relationship.

(Between ants and acacias, timing is everything, National Science Foundation)

"We're familiar with drizzle as a process that takes place in warm temperatures," said atmospheric scientist Israel Silber of Penn State, lead author of the study.

(Drizzle at sub-zero temps recorded in Antarctica, National Science Foundation)

Researchers used a method of identifying resistance genes that could be used broadly, according to the team's leader, Mark Guiltinan, a plant molecular biologist at Penn State.

(New way to identify disease-resistant genes in chocolate-producing trees, National Science Foundation)

Researchers mostly from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in the U.S. reported the invention of a new coating that could reduce bacterial growth, water waste, and odor when sprayed onto an ordinary house toilet by rendering its surface too slippery for anything to remain attached for long.

(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)

Researchers at Penn State and other institutions discovered a drastic drop in organic material preserved in sections of core samples from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, or PETM, a global warming event 55.5 million years ago that's considered the best analog for modern climate change.

(Clues found on how soils may respond to climate change, National Science Foundation)