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1. Maths
a. having a specified relationship with a group of numbers or quantities
b. (of a tangent) tangential to two or more circles
2. Anatomy
a. having branches
b. serving more than one function
3. Christianity of or relating to the common of the Mass or divine office
4. a tract of open public land, esp one now used as a recreation area
5. Law the right to go onto someone else's property and remove natural products, as by pasturing cattle or fishing (esp in the phrase right of common)
6. Christianity
a. a form of the proper of the Mass used on festivals that have no special proper of their own
b. the ordinary of the Mass
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Common

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Mercury is a neutral planet in the sense that it is neither feminine nor masculine, neither malefic nor benefic, etc. As a planet that tends to take on the traits of its sign and house placement more readily than other planets, the astrological tradition has characterized Mercury as a common (meaning, in this case, neutral) planet. “Common signs” is another designation for mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces), which represent a kind of halfway point between the two extremes of cardinal and fixed signs and are thus common (again in the sense of neutral).

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common

A large plot of grassy, fenced-in, publicly owned land, generally at or near the center of a village or town; in earlier eras, once shared by the townspeople as a pasture.
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The single end LNPA amplifier of common source topology is designed to achieve low noise figure, and high output power in one stage.
Regarding most common source of information about reproductive systems and sex; 17 (27.4%) women identified school teachers as the most common source of information, while 26 (28.6%) men identified books and magazines.
Aside from entrepreneurship, other common sources of wealth in the North East are personal investments (48%) and savings from income and bonuses over time (44%).
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Tax credits were the most common source of complaints referred - more than one in five - with the courts and child support system the next most complained about.
The exact extent of EEZs is a common source of conflict between states over marine waters.
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Roman and Christian civilisations were "separate cultural worlds' but they shared a common source of ideas and writings.
The new 2.5-, 3- and 4.375-inch feature "Smart Head" technology, based on proven downhole hammer technology, eliminates the need for a mechanical spring, a common source of failure in many tool designs.
Some of the bacteria found included Escherichia coli, known to cause intestinal and urinary tract infections, meningitis and diarrheal disease; Klebsiella pneumonia, a common source for wound and bloodstream infections as well as pneumonia; and Serratia ficaria, a rare cause of infections in the respiratory tract and wounds.
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