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Meanings of Dimeter:

noun

A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet.

Usage examples:

Poems in iambic dimeters and trimeters are found in abundance in her first book, as are poems writt…

Meanings of Dimeters:

noun

A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet.

Usage examples:

Poems in iambic dimeters and trimeters are found in abundance in her first book, as are poems writt…

Meanings of Dimethoate:

noun

A crystalline synthetic organophosphorus compound used in solution as an insecticide.

Usage examples:

Consider alternating synthetic pyrethroids such as permethrin or fenvalerate to organophosphates su…

Meanings of Dimethylsulfoxide:

noun

A colourless liquid used as a solvent and synthetic reagent. it is readily able to penetrate the skin and is used in medicinal preparations for skin application.

Meanings of Dimethylsulphoxide:

noun

A colourless liquid used as a solvent and synthetic reagent. it is readily able to penetrate the skin and is used in medicinal preparations for skin application.

Meanings of Dimetric:

adjective

(in technical drawing) denoting or incorporating a method of showing projection or perspective using a set of three geometrical axes of which two are of the same scale or dimension but the third is of another.

Usage examples:

In fact, the dimetric sphere is no longer represented by a circle, but is represented by an ellipse.

Meanings of Dimetrodon:

noun

A large fossil carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the permian period, with long spines on its back supporting a sail-like crest.

Usage examples:

What about the 30-inch dragonflies, six inch cockroaches, and the dimetrodons of the permian period?

Meanings of Dimidiate:

verb

(of a coat of arms or charge) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible.

Usage examples:

The crest has an oak tree dimidiated with a wheatsheaf, bound together by a blue and white wave.

Meanings of Dimidiated:

adjective

(of a charge) having only one half depicted.

verb

(of a coat of arms or charge) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible.

Meanings of Dimidiating:

verb

(of a coat of arms or charge) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible.

Usage examples:

The crest has an oak tree dimidiated with a wheatsheaf, bound together by a blue and white wave.

Meanings of Dimidiation:

noun

The combination of two coats of arms by juxtaposing the dexter half of one and the sinister half of the other on a single shield (a practice largely superseded by impalement).

Usage examples:

In germany, dimidiation is still a common method of marshalling, where one or both of two coats of …

Meanings of Diminish:

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

Meanings of Diminished:

adjective

Made smaller or less.

Usage examples:

We can expect a diminished role on the world stage as other countries rise to the occasion

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

Meanings of Diminishes:

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

Meanings of Diminishing:

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

Meanings of Diminuendo:

noun

A decrease in loudness in a piece of music.

Usage examples:

The sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective

adverb

(especially as a direction) with a decrease in loudness.

Usage examples:

The piece ends as it began, a poem of sorrow and regret that dissolves diminuendo

adjective

Decreasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

The diminuendo chorus before the final tumult

verb

Decrease in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The singers left and the buzz diminuendoed

Meanings of Diminuendoed:

verb

Decrease in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The singers left and the buzz diminuendoed

noun

A decrease in loudness in a piece of music.

Usage examples:

The sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective

adverb

(especially as a direction) with a decrease in loudness.

Usage examples:

The piece ends as it began, a poem of sorrow and regret that dissolves diminuendo

adjective

Decreasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

The diminuendo chorus before the final tumult

Meanings of Diminuendos:

noun

A decrease in loudness in a piece of music.

Usage examples:

The sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective

verb

Decrease in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The singers left and the buzz diminuendoed

adverb

(especially as a direction) with a decrease in loudness.

Usage examples:

The piece ends as it began, a poem of sorrow and regret that dissolves diminuendo

adjective

Decreasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

The diminuendo chorus before the final tumult

Meanings of Diminution:

noun

A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.

Usage examples:

A permanent diminution in value

Meanings of Diminutions:

noun

A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.

Usage examples:

A permanent diminution in value

Meanings of Diminutive:

adjective

Extremely or unusually small.

Usage examples:

A diminutive figure dressed in black

noun

A diminutive word or suffix.

Usage examples:

The word is a diminutive of inland navigator, referring to the men who built the canals that preced…

Meanings of Dimissory:

adjective

(in the christian church) denoting formal permission from a bishop ( letters dimissory ) for a person from one diocese to be ordained in another, or (formerly) for an ordained person to leave one diocese for another.

Meanings of Dimity:

noun

A hard-wearing cotton fabric woven with stripes or checks.

Usage examples:

A nightcap in white dimity edged with lace

Meanings of Dimly:

adverb

With a faint light; not brightly.

Usage examples:

A single lamp glowed dimly in the gloom

Meanings of Dimmed:

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

Past simple and past participle of dim