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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Bauhaus in CommonParlance
- definition a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918
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Bauhinia monandra in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
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Bauhinia variegata in CommonParlance
- definition small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood
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Bavarian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Bavaria or its people
- definition a native or an inhabitant of Bavaria
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Bavarian blue in CommonParlance
- definition blue cheese of Bavaria
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Bavarian cream in CommonParlance
- definition a rich custard set with gelatin
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Bay Stater in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Massachusetts
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Baycol in CommonParlance
- definition an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels
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Bayer in CommonParlance
- definition the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
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Bayes' postulate in CommonParlance
- definition (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
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Bayes' theorem in CommonParlance
- definition (statistics) a theorem describing how the conditional probability of a set of possible causes for a given observed event can be computed from knowledge of the probability of each cause and the conditional probability of the outcome of each cause
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Bayesian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to statistical methods based on Bayes' theorem
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Be in CommonParlance
- definition a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
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Beatitude in CommonParlance
- definition one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with ‘beatus’ (blessed)
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Beaufort scale in CommonParlance
- definition an international scale of wind force from 0 (calm air) to 12 (hurricane)
- definition a scale from 0 to 12 for the force of the wind
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Beaujolais in CommonParlance
- definition dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France
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Beaumontia grandiflora in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
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Beaver in CommonParlance
- definition a native or resident of Oregon
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Bechtel crab in CommonParlance
- definition derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
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Bechuana in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa
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Becker muscular dystrophy in CommonParlance
- definition a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
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Beckman thermometer in CommonParlance
- definition a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature
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Bedford cord in CommonParlance
- definition a heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy; used for clothing
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Bedlam in CommonParlance
- definition pejorative terms for an insane asylum
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Bedlington terrier in CommonParlance
- definition a light terrier groomed to resemble a lamb