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.
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cardinal compass point in CommonParlance
- definition one of the four main compass points
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cardinal flower in CommonParlance
- definition North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers
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cardinal grosbeak in CommonParlance
- definition crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
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cardinal number in CommonParlance
- definition the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
- definition (grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity.
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cardinal numeral in CommonParlance
- definition (grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity.
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cardinal tetra in CommonParlance
- definition small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Colombia
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cardinal vein in CommonParlance
- definition any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates
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cardinal virtue in CommonParlance
- definition one of the seven preeminent virtues
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cardinalate in CommonParlance
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) the body of all cardinals of the church; elects and advises the pope
- definition the office of cardinal
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cardinalfish in CommonParlance
- definition small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters
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cardinality in CommonParlance
- definition (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping)
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cardinalship in CommonParlance
- definition the office of cardinal
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cardiogenic shock in CommonParlance
- definition shock caused by cardiac arrest
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cardiogram in CommonParlance
- definition a graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph
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cardiograph in CommonParlance
- definition medical instrument that records electric currents associated with contractions of the heart
- definition a medical instrument that measures the mechanical force of cardiac contractions and the amount of blood passing through the heart during a specified period by measuring the recoil of the body as blood is pumped from the ventricles
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cardiographic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a cardiograph
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cardiography in CommonParlance
- definition diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram)
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cardioid in CommonParlance
- definition an epicycloid in which the rolling circle equals the fixed circle
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cardioid microphone in CommonParlance
- definition a directional microphone with a cardioid pattern of sensitivity
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cardioid mike in CommonParlance
- definition a directional microphone with a cardioid pattern of sensitivity
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cardiologic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or used in or practicing cardiology
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cardiologist in CommonParlance
- definition a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
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cardiology in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of medicine dealing with the heart and its diseases
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cardiomegaly in CommonParlance
- definition an abnormal enlargement of the heart
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cardiomyopathy in CommonParlance
- definition a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)