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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cybernetic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating the principles of cybernetics
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cybernetics in CommonParlance
- definition (biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
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cyberphobia in CommonParlance
- definition irrational fear of computers or technology
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cyberpunk in CommonParlance
- definition a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- definition a writer of science fiction set in a lawless subculture of an oppressive society dominated by computer technology
- definition a genre of fast-paced science fiction involving oppressive futuristic computerized societies
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cybersex in CommonParlance
- definition sexual arousal involving communication on the internet
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cyberspace in CommonParlance
- definition a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
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cyberwar in CommonParlance
- definition an assault on electronic communication networks
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cyborg in CommonParlance
- definition a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices
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cycad in CommonParlance
- definition any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves
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cyclamate in CommonParlance
- definition any salt or ester of cyclamic acid.
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cyclamen in CommonParlance
- definition Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
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cycle in CommonParlance
- definition an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- definition a series of poems or songs on the same theme
- definition a periodically repeated sequence of events
- definition the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
- definition a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
- definition a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
- definition cause to go through a recurring sequence
- definition pass through a cycle
- definition ride a motorcycle
- definition ride a bicycle
- definition recur in repeating sequences
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cycle of rebirth in CommonParlance
- definition (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
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cycle on in CommonParlance
- definition come to the starting point of a cycle
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cycle per second in CommonParlance
- definition the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
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cycle rickshaw in CommonParlance
- definition a tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling); used in the Orient for transporting passengers for hire
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cycles/second in CommonParlance
- definition the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz)
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cyclic in CommonParlance
- definition conforming to the Carnot cycle
- definition forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
- definition of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
- definition recurring in cycles
- definition marked by repeated cycles
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cyclic disorder in CommonParlance
- definition a mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
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cyclic neutropenia in CommonParlance
- definition neutropenia that occurs periodically
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cyclic redundancy check in CommonParlance
- definition an error correction code that is recorded in each sector of a magnetic disk and used to catch errors in the data
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cyclical in CommonParlance
- definition recurring in cycles
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cyclical deficit in CommonParlance
- definition a deficit that is related to the business or economic cycle.
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cyclicity in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of recurring at regular intervals
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cycling in CommonParlance
- definition the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle