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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dichloride in CommonParlance
- definition a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule
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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in CommonParlance
- definition an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
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dichloroethyl sulfide in CommonParlance
- definition a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
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dichloromethane in CommonParlance
- definition a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant
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dichondra in CommonParlance
- definition a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions
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dichotomisation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of dividing into two sharply different categories
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dichotomise in CommonParlance
- definition divide into two opposing groups or kinds
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dichotomization in CommonParlance
- definition the act of dividing into two sharply different categories
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dichotomize in CommonParlance
- definition divide into two opposing groups or kinds
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dichotomous in CommonParlance
- definition divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications
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dichotomously in CommonParlance
- definition in a dichotomous manner
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dichotomy in CommonParlance
- definition being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
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dichroism in CommonParlance
- definition pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions
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dichromacy in CommonParlance
- definition a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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dichromasy in CommonParlance
- definition a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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dichromat in CommonParlance
- definition a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy
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dichromate in CommonParlance
- definition a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid
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dichromatic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to dichromatism
- definition having two colors
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dichromatism in CommonParlance
- definition a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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dichromatopsia in CommonParlance
- definition a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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dichromia in CommonParlance
- definition a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision)
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dichromic acid in CommonParlance
- definition the hypothetical acid (H2Cr2O7) from which dichromates are derived; known only in solution and in the form of dichromate salts
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dick in CommonParlance
- definition someone who is a detective
- definition obscene terms for penis
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dickens in CommonParlance
- definition a word used in exclamations of confusion
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dicker in CommonParlance
- definition negotiate the terms of an exchange