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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center of attention in CommonParlance
- definition the object upon which interest and attention focuses
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center of buoyancy in CommonParlance
- definition (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
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center of curvature in CommonParlance
- definition the center of the circle of curvature
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center of flotation in CommonParlance
- definition the center of gravity of a floating object
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center of gravity in CommonParlance
- definition the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
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center of immersion in CommonParlance
- definition (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
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center of mass in CommonParlance
- definition point representing the mean position of the matter in a body
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center on in CommonParlance
- definition center upon
- definition have as a center
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center punch in CommonParlance
- definition a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)
- definition make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill
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center spread in CommonParlance
- definition the spread at the center of a magazine
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center stage in CommonParlance
- definition a position of prominence or importance
- definition the central area on a theater stage
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centerboard in CommonParlance
- definition a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
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centered in CommonParlance
- definition being or placed in the center
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centerfield in CommonParlance
- definition the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- definition the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield
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centerfielder in CommonParlance
- definition the person who plays center field
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centerfold in CommonParlance
- definition a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature
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centering in CommonParlance
- definition the concentration of attention or energy on something
- definition (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
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centerline in CommonParlance
- definition a line that bisects a plane figure
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centerpiece in CommonParlance
- definition the central or most important feature
- definition something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)
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centesimal in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or divided into hundredths
- definition the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order
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centesimo in CommonParlance
- definition a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile
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centesis in CommonParlance
- definition (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid
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centigrade in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
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centigrade scale in CommonParlance
- definition a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and the boiling point of water as 100 degrees
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centile in CommonParlance
- definition (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total