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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diethyl ether in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
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diethylaminoethyl cellulose in CommonParlance
- definition used for chromatography
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diethylbarbituric acid in CommonParlance
- definition a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
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diethylmalonylurea in CommonParlance
- definition a barbiturate used as a hypnotic
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diethylstilbesterol in CommonParlance
- definition synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
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diethylstilbestrol in CommonParlance
- definition a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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diethylstilboestrol in CommonParlance
- definition a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
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dietician in CommonParlance
- definition a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition
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dieting in CommonParlance
- definition the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
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dietitian in CommonParlance
- definition a specialist in the study of diet and nutrition
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differ in CommonParlance
- definition be different
- definition be of different opinions
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difference in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
- definition a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- definition a disagreement or argument about something important
- definition a significant change
- definition the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
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difference limen in CommonParlance
- definition the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
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difference of opinion in CommonParlance
- definition a disagreement or argument about something important
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difference threshold in CommonParlance
- definition the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect
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different in CommonParlance
- definition unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
- definition distinctly separate from the first
- definition differing from all others; not ordinary
- definition distinct or separate
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differentia in CommonParlance
- definition distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus)
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differentiable in CommonParlance
- definition possessing a differential coefficient or derivative
- definition capable of being perceived as different
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differential in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or showing a difference
- definition involving or containing one or more derivatives
- definition the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
- definition a quality that differentiates between similar things
- definition a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
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differential analyzer in CommonParlance
- definition an analog computer designed to solve differential equations
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differential blood count in CommonParlance
- definition counting the number of specific types of white blood cells found in 1 cubic millimeter of blood; may be included as part of a complete blood count
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differential calculus in CommonParlance
- definition the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential
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differential coefficient in CommonParlance
- definition the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx
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differential cost in CommonParlance
- definition the increase or decrease in costs as a result of one more or one less unit of output
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differential diagnosis in CommonParlance
- definition a systematic method of diagnosing a disorder (e.g., headache) that lacks unique symptoms or signs