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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DM in CommonParlance
- definition diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria
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DMD in CommonParlance
- definition a doctor's degree in dental medicine
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DMZ in CommonParlance
- definition a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited
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DMus in CommonParlance
- definition a doctor's degree in music
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DNA in CommonParlance
- definition (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
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DNA chip in CommonParlance
- definition a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested
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DNA fingerprint in CommonParlance
- definition biometric identification obtained by examining a person's unique sequence of DNA base pairs; often used for evidence in criminal law cases
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DNA polymerase in CommonParlance
- definition the enzyme responsible for DNA replication
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DO in CommonParlance
- definition doctor's degree in osteopathy
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DOE in CommonParlance
- definition the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
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DOEI in CommonParlance
- definition an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community
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DOS in CommonParlance
- definition an operating system that is on a disk
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DP in CommonParlance
- definition a person forced to flee from home or country
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DPH in CommonParlance
- definition a doctor's degree in preventive medicine
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DPT vaccine in CommonParlance
- definition abbreviation for combination vaccine against diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus toxoids; usually given in a series of injections in early childhood
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DPhil in CommonParlance
- definition a British doctorate
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DRMS in CommonParlance
- definition the organization in the Defense Logistics Agency that inventories and evaluates and sells reusable United States government surplus
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DS in CommonParlance
- definition the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
- definition an honorary degree in science
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DSL in CommonParlance
- definition a generic name for digital lines that are provided by telephone companies to their local subscribers and that carry data at high speeds
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DTIC in CommonParlance
- definition the agency in the Department of Defense that provides scientific and technical information to federal agencies and their contractors
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DTs in CommonParlance
- definition acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning
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DVD in CommonParlance
- definition a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
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Daba in CommonParlance
- definition a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad, especially in the North Region, Mayo-Louti division, Mayo-Oulo and Guider subdivisions northwest of Guider, Far North Region, Mayo-Tsanaga division, Hina and Bourrah subdivisions
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Daba language in CommonParlance
- definition a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad, especially in the North Region, Mayo-Louti division, Mayo-Oulo and Guider subdivisions northwest of Guider, Far North Region, Mayo-Tsanaga division, Hina and Bourrah subdivisions
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Daboecia cantabrica in CommonParlance
- definition low straggling evergreen shrub of western Europe represented by several varieties with flowers from white to rose-purple