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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ballet dancer in CommonParlance
- definition a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company
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ballet master in CommonParlance
- definition a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
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ballet mistress in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company
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ballet position in CommonParlance
- definition classical position of the body and especially the feet in ballet
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ballet skirt in CommonParlance
- definition very short skirt worn by ballerinas
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balletic in CommonParlance
- definition characteristic of or resembling or suitable for ballet
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balletomane in CommonParlance
- definition a ballet enthusiast
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balletomania in CommonParlance
- definition extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets
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ballgame in CommonParlance
- definition a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
- definition a field game played with a ball (especially baseball)
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ballista in CommonParlance
- definition ancient missile weapon that throws bolts or stones
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ballistic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
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ballistic capsule in CommonParlance
- definition a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun
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ballistic fingerprinting in CommonParlance
- definition identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
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ballistic galvanometer in CommonParlance
- definition a moving-coil galvanometer that measures electric charge
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ballistic identification in CommonParlance
- definition identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
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ballistic missile in CommonParlance
- definition a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target
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ballistic pendulum in CommonParlance
- definition a physical pendulum consisting of a large mass suspended from a rod; when it is struck by a projectile its displacement is used to measure the projectile's velocity
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ballistic trajectory in CommonParlance
- definition the trajectory of an object in free flight
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ballistics in CommonParlance
- definition the trajectory of an object in free flight
- definition the science of flight dynamics
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ballistocardiogram in CommonParlance
- definition a graphical recording made by a ballistocardiograph
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ballistocardiograph in CommonParlance
- definition a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles
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ballock in CommonParlance
- definition one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
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balloon in CommonParlance
- definition large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
- definition small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
- definition ride in a hot-air balloon
- definition become inflated
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balloon bomb in CommonParlance
- definition a bomb carried by a balloon
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balloon flower in CommonParlance
- definition fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah