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  • 31common — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English commun, from Anglo French, from Latin communis more at mean Date: 13th century 1. a. of or relating to a community at large ; public < work for the common good > b. known to the community < …

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  • 32common — com•mon [[t]ˈkɒm ən[/t]] adj. er, est, n. adj. 1) belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common objectives[/ex] 2) pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture: a common&#8230; …

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  • 33common — /ˈkɒmən / (say komuhn) adjective 1. belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question: common property. 2. joint; united: to make common cause against the enemy. 3. relating or belonging to the whole community; public:&#8230; …

  • 34common — adj. 1 happening/found often VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …

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  • 35Common Snapping Turtle — Taxobox name = Common Snapping Turtle status = NE regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Testudines familia = Chelydridae genus = Chelydra species = C. serpentina binomial = Chelydra serpentina binomial authority =&#8230; …

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  • 36occurrence — n. a common, daily, regular; unusual occurrence * * * [ə kʌrəns] daily regular unusual a common …

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  • 37common — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, standard, usual, conventional; joint, shared; prevalent, general, universal, popular, customary, vulgar, ill bred, plebeian, coarse. See conformity, habit, generality, populace. II (Roget&#8230; …

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  • 38Common mode failure — A common mode failure occurs when events are not statistically independent. That is, one event causes multiple systems to fail.An example is when all of the pumps for a fire sprinkler system are located in one room. If the room becomes too hot&#8230; …

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  • 39Common time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms&#8230; …

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  • 40Common electricity — Electricity E lec*tric i*ty ([=e] l[e^]k*tr[i^]s [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Electricities} ([=e] l[e^]k*tr[i^]s [i^]*t[i^]z). [Cf. F. [ e]lectricit[ e]. See {Electric}.] 1. (Physics) a property of certain of the fundamental particles of which matter&#8230; …

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