STANFORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stanford mean? 

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

1. United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)

2. a university in California

  Familiarity information: STANFORD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STANFORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States railroad executive and founder of Stanford University (1824-1893)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Leland Stanford; Stanford

Instance hypernyms:

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A university in California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Stanford; Stanford 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 ("Stanford" is a part of...):

Palo Alto (a university town in California)

 Context examples 

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in California found that a protein called "hedgehog" helped mend bones in diabetic mice by stimulating the activity of skeletal stem cells.

(Protein Discovery Could Help Heal Bones in Diabetics, VOA)

In an earlier study, Stanford neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje.

(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)

"Autism is associated with specific variants of genes involved in the formation, maturation and stabilization of synapses during early development," says study senior author Dr. Sally Kim of Stanford University School of Medicine.

(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Stanford University researchers have developed an affordable, durable battery that could harness this so-called blue energy.

(Researchers develop technology to harness energy from mixing of freshwater and seawater, National Science Foundation)

Investigators at Stanford University enrolled 120 people aged 7 to 55 with diagnosed peanut allergy in the Peanut Oral Immunotherapy Study: Safety Efficacy and Discovery, or POISED.

(Few people with peanut allergy tolerate peanut after stopping oral immunotherapy, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers from Stanford University found that oral antibiotics, which can kill gut microorganisms, can alter the human immune response to seasonal influenza vaccination.

(Disrupting the gut microbiome may affect some immune responses to flu vaccination, National Institutes of Health)

Diana Chin, a researcher at Stanford University and Gary's trainer, points her finger to a perch about 20 inches away.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine enrolled 48 participants aged 4 to 15 years with confirmed allergy to multiple foods, including milk, egg, wheat, soy, sesame seeds, peanut or tree nuts.

(Omalizumab improves efficacy of oral immunotherapy for multiple food allergies, National Institutes of Health)

To understand how, Stanford University mechanical engineer David Lentink and colleagues studied lovebirds flying in a crosswind tunnel that features customizable wind and light settings.

(Scientists discover how birds navigate crosswinds, National Science Foundation)

Researchers at Stanford University say that after injecting the bacteria into the hearts of rats with cardiac disease and using light to start photosynthesis, they were able to increase the flow of oxygen, improving heart function.

(Oxygen-Producing Bacteria Could Help Heart Attack Sufferers, VOA News)