CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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constancy in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
- definition (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
- definition faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)
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constant in CommonParlance
- definition unvarying in nature
- definition steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
- definition uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- definition a quantity that does not vary
- definition a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
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constant acceleration in CommonParlance
- definition a type of motion in which the velocity of an object changes by an equal amount in every equal time period.
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constant of gravitation in CommonParlance
- definition (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation
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constant of proportionality in CommonParlance
- definition the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
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constant quantity in CommonParlance
- definition a quantity that does not vary
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constant-volume process in CommonParlance
- definition a thermodynamic process during which the volume of the closed system undergoing such a process remains constant.
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constant-width font in CommonParlance
- definition a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter)
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constantan in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
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constantly in CommonParlance
- definition without variation or change, in every case
- definition invariably
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constatation in CommonParlance
- definition an assumption that is basic to an argument
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constellate in CommonParlance
- definition scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
- definition come together as in a cluster or flock
- definition form a constellation or cluster
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constellation in CommonParlance
- definition an arrangement of parts or elements
- definition a configuration of stars as seen from the earth
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consternate in CommonParlance
- definition fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
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consternation in CommonParlance
- definition fear resulting from the awareness of danger
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constipate in CommonParlance
- definition impede with a clog or as if with a clog
- definition cause to be constipated
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constipated in CommonParlance
- definition have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
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constipation in CommonParlance
- definition irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- definition the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
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constituency in CommonParlance
- definition the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
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constituent in CommonParlance
- definition constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- definition an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
- definition a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- definition something determined in relation to something that includes it
- definition (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- definition an abstract part of something
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constitute in CommonParlance
- definition form or compose
- definition create and charge with a task or function
- definition to compose or represent
- definition set up or lay the groundwork for
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constituted in CommonParlance
- definition brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
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constitution in CommonParlance
- definition law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- definition the act of forming or establishing something
- definition the way in which someone or something is composed
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constitutional in CommonParlance
- definition of benefit to or intended to benefit your physical makeup
- definition sanctioned by or consistent with or operating under the law determining the fundamental political principles of a government
- definition existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- definition constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
- definition a regular walk taken as a form of exercise
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constitutional economics in CommonParlance
- definition A branch of economics which focuses on the conditions that exist in and choices constrained by the legal framework of a political constitution.