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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bestride in CommonParlance
- definition get up on the back of
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bestseller in CommonParlance
- definition a book that has had a large and rapid sale
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bestubbled in CommonParlance
- definition having a short growth of beard
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bet in CommonParlance
- definition the money risked on a gamble
- definition the act of gambling
- definition maintain with or as if with a bet
- definition stake on the outcome of an issue
- definition have faith or confidence in
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bet on in CommonParlance
- definition place a bet on
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beta in CommonParlance
- definition second in order of importance
- definition preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
- definition the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
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beta blocker in CommonParlance
- definition any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
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beta blocker eyedrop in CommonParlance
- definition a treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops reduce intraocular pressure by reducing the production of aqueous humor
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beta cell in CommonParlance
- definition a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
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beta decay in CommonParlance
- definition radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of a beta particle
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beta endorphin in CommonParlance
- definition an endorphin produced by the pituitary gland that suppresses pain
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beta globulin in CommonParlance
- definition a globulin in blood plasma that carries iron
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beta iron in CommonParlance
- definition an allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade
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beta particle in CommonParlance
- definition a high-speed electron or positron emitted in the decay of a radioactive isotope
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beta radiation in CommonParlance
- definition radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
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beta ray in CommonParlance
- definition radiation of beta particles during radioactive decay
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beta receptor in CommonParlance
- definition receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)
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beta rhythm in CommonParlance
- definition the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz
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beta software in CommonParlance
- definition software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release
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beta test in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a second test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by an outside organization
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beta wave in CommonParlance
- definition the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz
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beta-Terpinene in CommonParlance
- definition an isometric hydrocarbon classified as a terpene.
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beta-adrenergic blocker in CommonParlance
- definition any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
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beta-adrenergic blocking agent in CommonParlance
- definition any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
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beta-adrenergic receptor in CommonParlance
- definition receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasodilation and increased heart beat)