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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capacious in CommonParlance
- definition large in capacity
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capaciousness in CommonParlance
- definition intellectual breadth
- definition spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
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capacitance in CommonParlance
- definition an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- definition an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
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capacitance unit in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of the capacity of a circuit component to store charge
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capacitate in CommonParlance
- definition make legally capable or qualify in law
- definition cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg
- definition make capable
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capacitive in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to capacitance
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capacitive sensor in CommonParlance
- definition a sensor that detects anything that is conductive or has a dielectric different from that of air.
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capacitor in CommonParlance
- definition an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
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capacitor microphone in CommonParlance
- definition microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves
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capacitor mike in CommonParlance
- definition microphone consisting of a capacitor with one plate fixed and the other forming the diaphragm moved by sound waves
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capacity in CommonParlance
- definition capability to perform or produce
- definition the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- definition the amount that can be contained
- definition the maximum production possible
- definition a specified function
- definition (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- definition an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- definition the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- definition tolerance for alcohol
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capacity measure in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
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capacity unit in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
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caparison in CommonParlance
- definition stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
- definition put a caparison on
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caparisoned in CommonParlance
- definition clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings)
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cape in CommonParlance
- definition a strip of land projecting into a body of water
- definition a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
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cape aloe in CommonParlance
- definition much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves
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cape forget-me-not in CommonParlance
- definition anchusa of southern Africa having blue to red-purple flowers
- definition anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats
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cape gooseberry in CommonParlance
- definition annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
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cape hyacinth in CommonParlance
- definition southern African herb with white bell-shaped flowers
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cape jasmine in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves
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cape jessamine in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen shrub widely cultivated for its large fragrant waxlike white flowers and glossy leaves
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cape marigold in CommonParlance
- definition any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage
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cape yellowwood in CommonParlance
- definition South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
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capelan in CommonParlance
- definition very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes