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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curtate cycloid in CommonParlance
- definition a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle
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curtilage in CommonParlance
- definition the enclosed land around a house or other building
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curtly in CommonParlance
- definition in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
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curtness in CommonParlance
- definition an abrupt discourteous manner
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curtsey in CommonParlance
- definition bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- definition bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
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curtsy in CommonParlance
- definition bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
- definition bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
- definition make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
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curvaceous in CommonParlance
- definition (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
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curvaceously in CommonParlance
- definition in a curvaceous way
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curvaceousness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of having a well-rounded body
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curvature in CommonParlance
- definition (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal
- definition the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve
- definition the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
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curve in CommonParlance
- definition the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- definition a line on a graph representing data
- definition a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- definition the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- definition curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- definition turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- definition extend in curves and turns
- definition form an arch or curve
- definition bend or cause to bend
- definition form a curl, curve, or kink
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curve ball in CommonParlance
- definition a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
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curved in CommonParlance
- definition having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
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curved shape in CommonParlance
- definition the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
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curvet in CommonParlance
- definition a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
- definition perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
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curvey in CommonParlance
- definition having curves
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curvilineal in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by or following a curved line
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curvilinear in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by or following a curved line
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curvilinear correlation in CommonParlance
- definition any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant
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curvilinear regression in CommonParlance
- definition the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)
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curving in CommonParlance
- definition having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
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curvy in CommonParlance
- definition having curves
- definition (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
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cuscus in CommonParlance
- definition woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia
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cush-cush in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American yam with small yellow edible tubers
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cushat in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck