PENN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Synonyms:

Penn; Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania

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 ("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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Penn; William Penn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

Credits

Context examples:

"These doughnuts may eventually have medical applications as active materials," said Igor Aronson of Penn State.

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

A new study led by researchers at Penn State and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the first to combine whole genome sequencing and migration tracking technology to pinpoint a single gene associated with the complex suite of traits that determine migratory behavior.

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

Scott Poethig, a plant biologist at Penn, and Aaron Leichty of the University of California, Davis, show that as part of an age-dependent phenomenon in plant development, the acacias develop the traits necessary to feed the ant colony: hollow, swollen thorns to house them; and nectaries and nutrient-rich leaflet tips called Beltian bodies to feed them.