YALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yale mean? 

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

1. a university in Connecticut

2. English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)

  Familiarity information: YALE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in Connecticut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

New Haven (a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University)

Holonyms ("Yale" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Elihu Yale; Yale

Instance hypernyms:

altruist; philanthropist (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)

 Context examples 

At Yale University, there’s a name for it: picoscience.

(Picoscience and a plethora of new materials, National Science Foundation)

To examine if this link existed in children, researchers at the University of Cambridge and Yale University analysed data from 2,700 children between the ages of 9-11 years.

(Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions, University of Cambridge)

"We really hadn't seen a formation process that could create things that are this dense," explained Erica Nelson of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, lead author of the study.

(Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy, NASA)

Scientists from Yale University report they managed to trigger instinctive hunting behavior in mice using optogenetics, a manner of priming cells within an organism's brain to switch on when exposed to a laser.

(Geneticists produce laser-activated killer mice, Wikinews)

The study conducted at the University of Vermont and Yale University found that obese children had a thinner prefrontal cortex than children of normal weight.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Two international teams of scientists led by Tim Miller from Dalhousie University in Canada and Yale University in the US and Iván Oteo from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, have uncovered startlingly dense concentrations of galaxies that are poised to merge, forming the cores of what will eventually become colossal galaxy clusters.

(Ancient Galaxy Megamergers, ESO)

People living in areas that restrict trans fats in foods had fewer hospitalizations for heart attack and stroke compared to residents in areas without restrictions, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine and Yale School of Medicine.

(Trans Fat Bans Lessen Health Risks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In Science, a team based at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Yale University School of Medicine described the use of a sophisticated technique called single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) to study prefusion Env.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

We estimate that between 1.8 and 4.1 billion people in the Global South — with a median of 3.7 billion for 26 degrees Celsius set point threshold and at least five days of annual exposure — are potentially exposed to heat stress in their homes, says Narasimha Rao, co-author of the study and assistant professor of energy systems at Yale University in the United States.

(Billions at risk from heat stress at home, SciDev.Net)

Researchers from Beijing Normal University, Yale University and Peking University investigating the effects of air pollution conducted tests on more than 25,000 people in 162 Chinese counties and found that pollution is linked to a significant decline in cognition, and that the impact increases with age.

(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)