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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biopiracy in CommonParlance
- definition biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
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biopsy in CommonParlance
- definition examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
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bioremediation in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of biotechnology that uses biological process to overcome environmental problems
- definition the act of treating waste or pollutants by the use of microorganisms (as bacteria) that can break down the undesirable substances
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biosafety in CommonParlance
- definition safety from exposure to infectious agents
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biosafety level in CommonParlance
- definition the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities
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biosafety level 1 in CommonParlance
- definition exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease
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biosafety level 2 in CommonParlance
- definition exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited
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biosafety level 3 in CommonParlance
- definition exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection
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biosafety level 4 in CommonParlance
- definition exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy
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bioscience in CommonParlance
- definition any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms
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bioscope in CommonParlance
- definition a South African movie theater
- definition a kind of early movie projector
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biosphere in CommonParlance
- definition the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist
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biostatistics in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis
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biosynthesis in CommonParlance
- definition production of a chemical compound by a living organism
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biosynthetic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to biosynthesis
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biosystematic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to biosystematics
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biosystematics in CommonParlance
- definition use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
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biosystematy in CommonParlance
- definition use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
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biota in CommonParlance
- definition all the plant and animal life of a particular region
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biotech in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
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biotechnology in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
- definition the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
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bioterrorism in CommonParlance
- definition terrorism using the weapons of biological warfare
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biotic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to living organisms
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biotic community in CommonParlance
- definition (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
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biotin in CommonParlance
- definition a B vitamin that aids in body growth