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.
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acorea in CommonParlance
- definition absence of the pupil in an eye
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acorn in CommonParlance
- definition fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
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acorn barnacle in CommonParlance
- definition barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
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acorn cup in CommonParlance
- definition cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
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acorn squash in CommonParlance
- definition squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges
- definition small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh
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acorn tube in CommonParlance
- definition a small vacuum tube; used at high frequencies
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acorn-shaped in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like an acorn
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acousma in CommonParlance
- definition illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds
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acoustic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the science of acoustics
- definition a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
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acoustic absorption in CommonParlance
- definition (acoustics) A material, structure or object absorbing sound energy when sound waves collide with it, as opposed to reflecting the energy.
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acoustic aphasia in CommonParlance
- definition an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
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acoustic buoy in CommonParlance
- definition a buoy that can be heard (at night)
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acoustic delay line in CommonParlance
- definition a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves
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acoustic device in CommonParlance
- definition a device for amplifying or transmitting sound
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acoustic gramophone in CommonParlance
- definition an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically
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acoustic guitar in CommonParlance
- definition sound is not amplified by electrical means
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acoustic impedance in CommonParlance
- definition opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
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acoustic meatus in CommonParlance
- definition either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
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acoustic modem in CommonParlance
- definition a modem that converts electrical signals to telephone tones and back again
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acoustic nerve in CommonParlance
- definition a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
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acoustic phenomenon in CommonParlance
- definition a physical phenomenon associated with the production or transmission of sound
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acoustic power in CommonParlance
- definition the physical intensity of sound
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acoustic projection in CommonParlance
- definition the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
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acoustic radiation pressure in CommonParlance
- definition (acoustics) the pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a sound wave
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acoustic reactance in CommonParlance
- definition opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component