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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atom smasher in CommonParlance
- definition a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
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atom-bomb in CommonParlance
- definition bomb with atomic weapons
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atomic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or comprising atoms
- definition (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
- definition immeasurably small
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atomic bomb in CommonParlance
- definition a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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atomic clock in CommonParlance
- definition a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules
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atomic cocktail in CommonParlance
- definition an oral dose of radioactive substance used in treatment and diagnosis of cancer
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atomic energy in CommonParlance
- definition the energy released by a nuclear reaction
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atomic explosion in CommonParlance
- definition the explosion of an atomic bomb
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atomic mass in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
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atomic mass unit in CommonParlance
- definition unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules
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atomic number in CommonParlance
- definition the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements; equal to the number of protons in the nucleus or electrons in the neutral state of an atom of an element
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atomic number 1 in CommonParlance
- definition a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
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atomic number 10 in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts
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atomic number 100 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
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atomic number 101 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
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atomic number 102 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
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atomic number 103 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium
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atomic number 104 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized
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atomic number 105 in CommonParlance
- definition a transuranic element with atomic number 105
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atomic number 106 in CommonParlance
- definition a transuranic element with atomic number 106
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atomic number 107 in CommonParlance
- definition a transuranic element with atomic number 107
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atomic number 108 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 108
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atomic number 109 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 109
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atomic number 11 in CommonParlance
- definition a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
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atomic number 110 in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 110