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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CRO in CommonParlance
- definition electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
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CRP 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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CRT in CommonParlance
- definition a vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen
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CRT screen in CommonParlance
- definition the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
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CS gas in CommonParlance
- definition a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema
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CSE in CommonParlance
- definition Canadian agency that gathers communications intelligence and assist law enforcement and security agencies
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CSIS in CommonParlance
- definition Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government
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CST in CommonParlance
- definition standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States
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CT 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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CTC in CommonParlance
- definition an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
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CUPAL in CommonParlance
- definition a plating of copper and aluminum.
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CV in CommonParlance
- definition a summary of your academic and work history
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CVA in CommonParlance
- definition a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
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Ca in CommonParlance
- definition a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
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Cabala in CommonParlance
- definition an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
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Cabalism in CommonParlance
- definition the doctrines of the Kabbalah
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Cabalist in CommonParlance
- definition a student of the Jewish Kabbalah
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Cabassous unicinctus in CommonParlance
- definition naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
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Cabbala in CommonParlance
- definition an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
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Cabbalah in CommonParlance
- definition an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
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Cabernet in CommonParlance
- definition superior Bordeaux type of red wine
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Cabernet Sauvignon in CommonParlance
- definition superior Bordeaux type of red wine
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Cabernet Sauvignon grape in CommonParlance
- definition superior red wine grapes grown especially in the Bordeaux region of France and northern California
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Cabomba caroliniana in CommonParlance
- definition common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
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Cacalia javanica in CommonParlance
- definition tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia