Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 53
Diluvialist (n.) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. -- Lyell.
Diluvian (a.) Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. --Buckland.
Diluvian (a.) Of or connected with a deluge [syn: diluvian, diluvial].
Diluviate (v. i.) To run as a flood. [Obs.] -- Sir E. Sandys.
Diluviums (n. pl. ) of Diluvium.
Diluvia (n. pl. ) of Diluvium.
Diluvium (n.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.
Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium.
Dim (a.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.
The dim magnificence of poetry. -- Whewell.
How is the gold become dim! -- Lam. iv. 1.
I never saw The heavens so dim by day. -- Shak.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. -- Wordsworth.
Dim (a.) Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. -- Job xvii. 7.
The understanding is dim. -- Rogers.
Note: Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc.
Syn: Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.
Dimmed (imp. & p. p.) of Dim.
Dimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dim.
Dim (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.
A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. -- Dryden.
Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. -- Cowper.
Dim (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.
Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. -- C. Pitt.
Dim (v. i.) To grow dim. -- J. C. Shairp.
Dim (a.) Lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" [syn:
dim, subdued].
Dim (a.) Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim,
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy].
Dim (a.) Made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" [syn: dimmed, dim] [ant: bright, undimmed].
Dim (a.) Offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" [syn: black, bleak, dim].
Dim (a.) Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow].
Dim (v.) Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam [syn: dim, dip].
Dim (v.) Become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose".
Dim (v.) Make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver".
Dim (v.) Make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: blind, dim].
Dim (v.) Become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus].
DIM statement
DIM
(From "dimension") A keyword in most versions of the BASIC programming language that declares the size of an array. E.g.
DIM A(100)
Declares a one-dimensional array with 101 numeric elements (including A(0)).
Visual Basic; uses the DIM (or "Dim") Statement for any variable declaration, even scalars, e.g.
Dim DepartmentNumber As Integer which declares a single (scalar) variable of type Integer. (1999-03-26)
Dimble (n.) A bower; a dingle. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Dime (n.) A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.
Dime novel, A novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents; -- they were popular from ca. 1850 to ca. 1920. Sometimes the term is still applied to any novel of the type, though the price has greatly increased.
Dime (n.) A United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar.
Dime (n.) Street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars [syn: dime bag, dime].
Dimension (n.) [P1]（長，寬，厚，高等的）尺寸；[P1] 面積，容積；大小，規模；[P1] 重要性；範圍；[C] 特點；方面；[P]【口】（女子的）胸，腰，臀三圍；[C]【數】維；【物】量綱 Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.
Gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions. -- W. Irving.
Space of dimension, Extension that has length but no breadth or thickness; a straight or curved line.
Space of two dimensions, Extension which has length and breadth, but no thickness; a plane or curved surface.
Space of three dimensions, Extension which has length, breadth, and thickness; a solid.
Space of four dimensions, As imaginary kind of extension, which is assumed to have length, breadth, thickness, and also a fourth imaginary dimension. Space of five or six, or more dimensions is also sometimes assumed in mathematics.
Dimension (n.) Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.
Dimension (n.) (Math.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.
Dimension (n.) (Alg.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a^{2b^{2}c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.
Dimension (n.) pl. (Phys.) The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities.
Note: Thus, since the unit of velocity varies directly as the unit of length and inversely as the unit of time, the dimensions of velocity are said to be length [divby] time; the dimensions of work are mass [times] (length)^{2 [divby] (time)^{2}; the dimensions of density are mass [divby] (length)^{3. Dimensional lumber, Dimension lumber, Dimension scantling, or Dimension stock (Carp.), Lumber for building, etc., cut to the sizes usually in demand, or to special sizes as ordered.
Dimension stone, Stone delivered from the quarry rough, but brought to such sizes as are requisite for cutting to dimensions given.
Dimension (n.) The magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height).
Dimension (n.) A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" [syn: {property}, {attribute}, {dimension}].
Dimension (n.) One of three Cartesian coordinates that determine a position in space.
Dimension (n.) Magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions" [syn: {proportion}, {dimension}].
Dimension (v.) 【美】在……上標尺寸；按規格尺寸切割 Indicate the dimensions on; "These techniques permit us to dimension the human heart".
Dimension (v.) Shape or form to required dimensions.
Dimensional (a.) Pertaining to dimension.
Dimensional (a.) Of or relating to dimensions.
Dimensional (a.) Having dimension--the quality or character or stature proper to a person; "never matures as a dimensional character; he is pasty, bland, faceless" -- Norman Cousins.
Dimensioned (a.) Having dimensions. [R.]
Dimensionless (a.) Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. -- Milton.
Dimensity (n.) Dimension. [R.] -- Howell.
Dimensive (a.) Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.
Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines? -- Sir J. Davies.
Dimera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi.
Dimera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.
Dimeran (n.) (Zool.) One of the Dimera.
Dimerous (a.) Composed of, or having, two parts of each kind.
Note: A dimerous flower has two sepals, two petals, two stamens, and two pistils.
Dimeter (a.) Having two poetical measures or meters.
Dimeter (n.) A verse of two meters.
Dimethyl (n.) (Chem.) Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.
Compare: Ethane
Ethane (n.) (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol (ethyl alcohol), acetaldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
Dimetric (a.) (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal. -- Dana.
Dimication (n.) A fight; contest. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Dimidiate (a.) 二分的 Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
Dimidiate (a.) (Biol.) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed.
Dimidiate (a.) (Biol.) Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.
Dimidiated (imp. & p. p.) of Dimidiate.
Dimidiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimidiate.
Dimidiate (v. t.) 將……兩分 To divide into two equal parts. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Dimidiate (v. t.) (Her.) To represent the half of; to halve.
Dimidiation (n.) 分為兩半 The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being dimidiate.
Diminished (imp. & p. p.) of Diminish.
Diminishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Diminish.
Diminish (v. t.) 使減少，使變小 To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. -- Barrow.
Diminish (v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
This doth nothing diminish their opinion. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. -- Ezek. xxix. 15.
O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads. -- Milton.
Diminish (v. t.) (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
Diminish (v. t.) To take away; to subtract.
Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. -- Deut. iv. 2.
Diminished column, One whose upper diameter is less than the lower.
Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, A scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. -- Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), A board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), A stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail; impair; degrade. See Decrease.
Diminish (v. i.) 減少，變小 To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
Diminish (v.) Decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase].
Diminish (v.) Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle].
Diminish (v.) [ I or T ] (C1) 減少，減小，降低 To reduce or be reduced in size or importance.
// I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.
// These memories will not be diminished by time.
// What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes.
// We've seen our house diminish greatly/ sharply/ substantially in value over the last six months.
Diminishable (a.) 可減小的；可減少的；可縮減的；可降低的 Capable of being diminished or lessened.
Diminisher (n.) One who, or that which, diminishes anything. -- Clerke (1637).
Diminishingly (adv.) In a manner to diminish.
Diminishment (n.) 減少，縮小，減低 Diminution. [R.] -- Cheke.
Diminuendo (adv.) (Mus.) [音樂] 漸弱 In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.
Diminuendo (a.) Gradually decreasing in volume [syn: decrescendo, diminuendo].
Diminuendo (n.) (Music) A gradual decrease in loudness [syn: decrescendo, diminuendo].
Diminuent (a.) Lessening. -- Bp. Sanderson.
Diminutal (a.) Indicating or causing diminution. -- Earle.
Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively. [Obs.]
Diminution (n.) 減少，縮小，減低 The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.
Diminution (n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.
The world's opinion or diminution of me. -- Eikon Basilike.
Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked In military honor next. -- Philips.
Diminution (n.) (Law) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
Diminution (n.) (Mus.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.
Syn: Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction; decrement.
Diminution (n.) Change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline, diminution].
Diminution (n.) The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) [ant: augmentation].
Diminution (n.) The act of decreasing or reducing something [syn: decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down] [ant: increase, step-up].
Diminution (n.) [ C or U ] (Formal) （大小或重要性）減少；降低 Reduction in size or importance.
// Regular exercise can result in a general diminution in stress levels.
// The company suffered a diminution in profits.
Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive. "Diminutival forms" [of words]. -- Earle.
Diminutival (n.) A diminutive. -- Earle.
Diminutive (a.) 小的，微小的 Below the average size; very small; little.
Diminutive (a.) [語] 表示小的 Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish. [R.]
Diminutive of liberty. -- Shaftesbury.
Diminutive (n.) 極小的人（或物） Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. Such water flies, diminutives of nature. -- Shak.
Diminutive (n.) (Gram.) [語] 表示小的語辭；表示小的字尾 A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
Babyisms and dear diminutives. -- Tennyson.
Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble.
Diminutive (a.) Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck].
Diminutive (n.) A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.
Diminutive (a.) 微小的，矮小的 Very small.
// He's a diminutive figure, less than five feet tall.
Diminutively (adv.) In a diminutive manner.
Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
Diminutiveness (n.) The property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting" [syn: diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness].
Dimish (a.) See Dimmish.
Dimission (n.) Leave to depart; a dismissing. [Obs.] -- Barrow.
Dimissory (a.) Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart.
Letters dimissory (Eccl.), Letters given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, and recommending him for reception there. -- Hook.
Dimit (v. t.) To dismiss, let go, or release. [Obs.]
Dimity (n.) A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.
Dimity (n.) A strong cotton fabric with a raised pattern; used for bedcovers and curtains.
Dimly (adv.) In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight. Dimmish
Dimly (adv.) In a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly" [syn: dimly, indistinctly].
Dimly (adv.) In a manner lacking interest or vitality; "a palely entertaining show" [syn: pallidly, palely, dimly].
Dimly (adv.) With a dim light; "a dimly lit room" [syn: dimly, murkily].
Dimmish (a.) Alt. of Dimmy.
Dimmy (a.) Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. "Dimmy clouds." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Dimness (n.) The state or quality being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
Dimness (n.) Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. -- Dr. H. More.
Syn: Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See Darkness.
Dimorph (n.) (Crystallog.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs.
Dimorphic (a.) Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.
Dimorphism (n.) (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.
Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. -- Darwin.
Dimorphism (n.) (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
Dimorphism (n.) (Chemistry) The property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
Dimorphism (n.) (Biology) The existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).
Dimorphous (a.) (Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic.
Dimorphous (a.) (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.
Dimorphous (a.) Occurring or existing in two different forms; "dimorphic crystals"; "dimorphous organisms" [syn: dimorphic, dimorphous].
Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. -- Milton.
The dimple of her chin. -- Prior.
Dimple (n.) A slight indentation on any surface.
The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. -- Wordsworth.
Dimpled (imp. & p. p.) of Dimple.
Dimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dimple.
Dimple (v. i.) To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. -- Dryden.
Dimple (v. t.) To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. -- Shak.
Dimple (n.) A chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached [syn: dimpled chad, pregnant chad, dimple].
Dimple (n.) Any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball".
Dimple (n.) A small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled".
Dimple (v.) Mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream".
Dimple (v.) Produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults".
Dimplement (n.) The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions. [R.]
The ground's most gentle dimplement. -- Mrs. Browning.
Dimply (a.) Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool. -- Thomson.
Dim-sighted (a.) Having dim sight; lacking perception. -- Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n.
Dim-sighted (a.) Having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, near-blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired,
visually challenged].
Dimya (n. pl.) Alt. of Dimyaria.
Dimyaria (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.
Dimyarian (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya.
Dimyarian (n.) One of the Dimya.