names

n. word or phrase by which someone or something is called or identified, moniker; derogatory label, nickname; public impression (of a person, establishment, etc.); renowned person; authority; title, appellation

v. give a name; call by a name; appoint; specify; identify; designate

The NAME atmospheric pollution dispersion model  was first developed by the UK's Met Office in 1986 after the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, which demonstrated the need for a method that could predict the spread and deposition of radioactive gases or material released into the atmosphere. The acronym, NAME, originally stood for the Nuclear Accident ModEl. The Met Office has revised and upgraded the model over the years and it is now used as a general purpose dispersion model. The current version is known as the NAME III (Numerical Atmospheric dispersion Modeling Environment) model. NAME III is currently operational and it will probably completely replace the original NAME model sometimes in 2006.
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A name (etymology: from OE nama; akin to OHG namo, Latin nomen, nominis, and Greek όνομα, ultimately from PIE: *nomn- ) is a label for a human, thing, place, product (as in a brand name) and even an idea or concept, normally used to distinguish one from another. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given . A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes, more loosely, called names; an older term for them, now obsolete, is "general name".
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Noun
1. verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
(synonym) name calling
(hypernym) defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job

Noun
1. a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
(hypernym) language unit, linguistic unit
(hyponym) eponym
(derivation) mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer
2. by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
(hypernym) sanction
3. a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
(hypernym) repute, reputation
4. a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
(synonym) figure, public figure
(hypernym) important person, influential person, personage
5. family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
(synonym) gens
(hypernym) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
6. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"
(synonym) epithet
(hypernym) defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
(hyponym) smear word
Verb
1. assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
(synonym) call
(hypernym) label
(hyponym) baptize, baptise, christen
(verb-group) call
(derivation) namer
2. give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
(synonym) identify
(hypernym) denote, refer
(hyponym) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
(derivation) naming
3. charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
(synonym) nominate, make
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(hyponym) rename
(derivation) appointment, assignment, designation, naming
4. create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
(synonym) appoint, nominate, constitute
(hypernym) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
(hyponym) pack
(derivation) appointment, assignment, designation, naming
5. mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
(hypernym) specify, set, determine, fix, limit
6. identify as in botany or biology, for example
(synonym) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe
(entail) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
7. make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
(synonym) mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer
(hypernym) think of, have in mind, mean
(hyponym) commend, remember
8. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
(synonym) list
(hypernym) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
9. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
(synonym) diagnose
(hypernym) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
(hyponym) explore

n. yam, sweet potato

names; desolations