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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character printer in CommonParlance
- definition a printer that prints a single character at a time
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character reference in CommonParlance
- definition a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
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character set in CommonParlance
- definition an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing
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character witness in CommonParlance
- definition a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives
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character-at-a-time printer in CommonParlance
- definition a printer that prints a single character at a time
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characterisation in CommonParlance
- definition a graphic or vivid verbal description
- definition the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
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characterise in CommonParlance
- definition be characteristic of
- definition describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
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characteristic in CommonParlance
- definition typical or distinctive
- definition a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- definition a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
- definition the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression ‘log 643 = 2.808’ the characteristic is 2
- definition any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
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characteristic curve in CommonParlance
- definition (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
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characteristic function in CommonParlance
- definition (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
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characteristic root of a square matrix in CommonParlance
- definition (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant
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characteristically in CommonParlance
- definition in characteristic manner
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characteristicness in CommonParlance
- definition The quality or state of being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
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characterization in CommonParlance
- definition a graphic or vivid verbal description
- definition the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
- definition acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
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characterize in CommonParlance
- definition describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
- definition be characteristic of
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characterless in CommonParlance
- definition lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
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charade in CommonParlance
- definition a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades
- definition making a false outward show
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charades in CommonParlance
- definition guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess
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charcoal in CommonParlance
- definition of a very dark grey
- definition a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air
- definition a stick of black carbon material used for drawing
- definition a very dark grey color
- definition a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material
- definition draw, trace, or represent with charcoal
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charcoal burner in CommonParlance
- definition a worker whose job is to make charcoal
- definition a stove that burns charcoal as fuel
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charcoal gray in CommonParlance
- definition a very dark grey color
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charcoal grey in CommonParlance
- definition a very dark grey color
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charcoal pile in CommonParlance
- definition a pile of wooden billets, covered with turf or moistened clay, used to produce wood charcoal.
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charcoal-gray in CommonParlance
- definition of a very dark grey
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charcoal-grey in CommonParlance
- definition of a very dark grey