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
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Terms in this context
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densimeter in CommonParlance
- definition a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity
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densitometer in CommonParlance
- definition a measuring instrument for determining optical or photographic density
- definition a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity
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densitometry in CommonParlance
- definition measuring the optical density of a substance by shining light on it and measuring its transmission
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density in CommonParlance
- definition the amount per unit size
- definition the spatial property of being crowded together
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dent in CommonParlance
- definition an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- definition a depression scratched or carved into a surface
- definition an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
- definition make a depression into
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dent corn in CommonParlance
- definition corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
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dental in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the teeth
- definition of or relating to dentistry
- definition a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth
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dental amalgam in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
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dental anatomy in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of gross anatomy concerning with the morphology of teeth
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dental appliance in CommonParlance
- definition a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth
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dental assistant in CommonParlance
- definition an assistant to a dentist
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dental care in CommonParlance
- definition care for the teeth
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dental caries in CommonParlance
- definition soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth
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dental chair in CommonParlance
- definition A chair designed for patients in the dentist office.
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dental consonant in CommonParlance
- definition a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth
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dental floss in CommonParlance
- definition a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth
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dental gold in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy of gold used in dentistry
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dental handpiece in CommonParlance
- definition a dental instrument that holds various disks, cups, or burs, used to prepare a tooth to receive a restoration or to contour, clean, or polish a tooth or restoration.
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dental hygienist in CommonParlance
- definition someone trained to provide preventive dental service (cleaning teeth or taking x-rays)
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dental implant in CommonParlance
- definition an implant that replaces a natural tooth
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dental medicine in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth
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dental orthopaedics in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
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dental orthopedics in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth
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dental plaque in CommonParlance
- definition a film of mucus and bacteria deposited on the teeth that encourages the development of dental caries
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dental plate in CommonParlance
- definition a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth