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CommonName

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CommonName[entity]

gives the common name for the entity specified by entity.

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CommonName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the common name for entity1 through entityn.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Get the common name of an entity:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-2a8i43
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Get the common names of properties:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-7kfjfo
Out[2]=2

Scope  (4)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

Find the common name of an entity:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-wsw1yv
Out[1]=1

Some common names exist in more than one entity type:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-p5uluj
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-fcnuh7
Out[4]=4

Find the common names of a list of entities:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-472kv9
Out[1]=1

Find the common name of an entity property:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-873oir
Out[1]=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-7t8e70
Out[2]=2

Find the common name of an entity class:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-6yw1qg
Out[1]=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-pynmdc
Out[2]=2

Possible Issues  (1)Common pitfalls and unexpected behavior

The common name of an implicitly defined entity class is typically not defined:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0enxk7nw6-cj6cl5
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Wolfram Research (2014), CommonName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), CommonName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), CommonName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), CommonName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2014. "CommonName." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "CommonName." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). CommonName. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html

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Wolfram Language. (2014). CommonName. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_commonname, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CommonName}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html}", note=[Accessed: 03-May-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_commonname, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CommonName}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html}", note=[Accessed: 03-May-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_commonname, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CommonName}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html}, note=[Accessed: 03-May-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_commonname, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CommonName}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CommonName.html}, note=[Accessed: 03-May-2025 ]}