CommonParlance
Seed
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.
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C-clamp in CommonParlance
- definition a clamp in the shape of the letter C
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C-ration in CommonParlance
- definition a canned field ration issued by the United States Army
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C-reactive protein in CommonParlance
- definition a byproduct of inflammation; a globulin that is found in the blood in some cases of acute inflammation
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C-section in CommonParlance
- definition the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
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C. diphtheriae in CommonParlance
- definition a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria
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C. psittaci in CommonParlance
- definition bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia
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C. trachomatis in CommonParlance
- definition bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venereum
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C.E. in CommonParlance
- definition of the period coinciding with the Christian era; preferred by some writers who are not Christians
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C.O.D. in CommonParlance
- definition collecting the charges upon delivery
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C.P.U. in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing
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C0 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 917 x 1297 mm.
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C1 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 648 x 917 mm.
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C2 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 458 x 648 mm
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C2H6 in CommonParlance
- definition a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
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C3 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 324 x 458 mm
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C4 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 229 x 324 mm
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C5 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 162 x 229 mm
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C6 in CommonParlance
- definition Envelope size, 114 x 162 mm.
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CABG in CommonParlance
- definition open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart
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CAD in CommonParlance
- definition software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
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CAT in CommonParlance
- definition a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
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CAT scan in CommonParlance
- definition an image produced by scanning
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CAT scanner in CommonParlance
- definition a tomograph that constructs a 3-D model of an object by combining parallel planes
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CBC in CommonParlance
- definition counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
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CBR in CommonParlance
- definition (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin