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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actinic ray in CommonParlance
- definition electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactions
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actinide in CommonParlance
- definition any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
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actinide series in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
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actinism in CommonParlance
- definition the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects
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actinium in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
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actinoid in CommonParlance
- definition having a radial form
- definition any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
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actinolite in CommonParlance
- definition a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate
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actinometer in CommonParlance
- definition an instrument for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (usually by the photochemical effect)
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actinometric in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to actinometry
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actinometrical in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to actinometry
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actinometry in CommonParlance
- definition measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays)
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actinomorphic in CommonParlance
- definition capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis
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actinomorphous in CommonParlance
- definition capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis
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actinomyces in CommonParlance
- definition soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
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actinomycetal in CommonParlance
- definition of or belonging to the actinomycetes
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actinomycete in CommonParlance
- definition any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
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actinomycetous in CommonParlance
- definition of or belonging to the actinomycetes
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actinomycin in CommonParlance
- definition any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria
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actinomycosis in CommonParlance
- definition disease of cattle that can be transmitted to humans; results from infection with actinomycetes; characterized by hard swellings that exude pus through long sinuses
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actinomycotic in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to actinomycosis infection
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actinomyxidian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to parasites of worms
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actinon in CommonParlance
- definition any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
- definition an radioisotope of radon with a half-life of about four seconds
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actinopod in CommonParlance
- definition protozoa having stiff rodlike radiating pseudopods
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actinotherapy in CommonParlance
- definition (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
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actinozoan in CommonParlance
- definition sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed