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.
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astatic galvanometer in CommonParlance
- definition has a moving magnet and astatic coils arranged to cancel the effect of the Earth's magnetic field
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astatine in CommonParlance
- definition a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
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aster in CommonParlance
- definition any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
- definition star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis
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astereognosis in CommonParlance
- definition a loss of the ability to recognize objects by handling them
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asteriated in CommonParlance
- definition (of some crystals especially gemstones) exhibiting asterism
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asterid dicot family in CommonParlance
- definition family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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asterid dicot genus in CommonParlance
- definition genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
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asterion in CommonParlance
- definition the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
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asterisk in CommonParlance
- definition a star-shaped character * used in printing
- definition mark with an asterisk
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asterisked in CommonParlance
- definition marked with an asterisk
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asterism in CommonParlance
- definition (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
- definition (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
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asterismal in CommonParlance
- definition relating to asterisms or constellations
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astern in CommonParlance
- definition stern foremost or backward
- definition at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
- definition (of a ship or an airplane) behind
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asternal in CommonParlance
- definition not connected to the sternum or breastbone
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asteroid in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like a star
- definition any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
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asteroid belt in CommonParlance
- definition the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found
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asteroidal in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or resembling an asteroid
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asthenia in CommonParlance
- definition an abnormal loss of strength
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asthenic in CommonParlance
- definition lacking energy or vitality
- definition having a slender physique
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asthenic type in CommonParlance
- definition slender, weak, and lightweight
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asthenopia in CommonParlance
- definition a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem
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asthenosphere in CommonParlance
- definition the lower layer of the crust
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astheny in CommonParlance
- definition an abnormal loss of strength
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asthma in CommonParlance
- definition respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
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asthma attack in CommonParlance
- definition respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin