HAMILTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hamilton mean? 

• HAMILTON (noun)
  The noun HAMILTON has 6 senses:

1. Irish mathematician (1806-1865)

2. English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

3. United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970)

4. United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)

5. a port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario

6. the capital of Bermuda

  Familiarity information: HAMILTON used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAMILTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irish mathematician (1806-1865)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hamilton; Sir William Rowan Hamilton; William Rowan Hamilton

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Amy Lyon; Hamilton; Lady Emma Hamilton

Instance hypernyms:

Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States toxicologist known for her work on industrial poisons (1869-1970)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alice Hamilton; Hamilton

Instance hypernyms:

toxicologist (one who studies the nature and effects of poisons and their treatment)

Sense 4

Meaning:

United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alexander Hamilton; Hamilton

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A port city in southeastern Ontario at the western end of Lake Ontario

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Hamilton" is a part of...):

Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The capital of Bermuda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

 Context examples 

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the 17 item Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD-17)for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 17 Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale - 17 Item test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 17 Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21-Item (HAMD-21) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 21 Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21-Item test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 21 Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Miss Hamilton, now Mrs Smith, had shewn her kindness in one of those periods of her life when it had been most valuable.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the 17 item Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD-17)for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 17 Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale test code.

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMA Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMA Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale test name.

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMA Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21-Item (HAMD-21) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 21 Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)