RI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does RI mean? 

• RI (noun)
  The noun RI has 1 sense:

1. a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state

  Familiarity information: RI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Little Rhody; Ocean State; R.I.; Rhode Island; RI

Instance hypernyms:

American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "RI"):

Brown; Brown University (a university in Rhode Island)

capital of Rhode Island; Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University)

Newport (a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center)

Narragansett Bay (a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island)

Domain member region:

Shawnee cake (form of johnnycake)

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

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)

 Context examples 

GEM-231 is complementary to the RI alpha subunit of Protein Kinase A (PKA), resulting in downregulation of PKA expression and ultimately tumor growth.

(GEM 231, NCI Thesaurus)

The polyclonal antibodies in RI-001 are able to target various viral epitopes.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)

With its towering ice formations and large underground ice deposit, Scărișoara Ice Cave is among the most important scientific sites in Europe.

(Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past, NSF)

Over the last 10,000 years, snow and rain dripped into the depths of Scărișoara, where they froze into thin layers of ice containing chemical evidence of past winter temperature changes.

(Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past, NSF)

The high-titer RSV immune globulin RI-001 is derived from healthy donors with high amounts of RSV antibodies.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)

Located in the Apuseni Mountains, the region surrounding the Scărișoara Ice Cave receives precipitation from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is an ideal location to study shifts in the courses storms follow across East and Central Europe.

(Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past, NSF)