All English words - page 1484

Meanings of Diode:

noun

A semiconductor device with two terminals, typically allowing the flow of current in one direction only.

Usage examples:

Molecular electronics - designing carbon-based molecules to act as wires, diodes, transistors and o…

Meanings of Diodes:

noun

A semiconductor device with two terminals, typically allowing the flow of current in one direction only.

Usage examples:

Molecular electronics - designing carbon-based molecules to act as wires, diodes, transistors and o…

Meanings of Dioecious:

adjective

(of a plant or invertebrate animal) having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals.

Usage examples:

Lloyd and webb suggested that if females of dioecious species allocated a greater proportion of the…

Meanings of Dioecy:

noun

(in a plant or invertebrate animal) the quality of having the male and female reproductive organs in separate individuals.

Usage examples:

Dioecy has evolved recently in independent lineages of flowering plants

Meanings of Dioestrus:

noun

(in most female mammals) a period of sexual inactivity between recurrent periods of oestrus.

Usage examples:

The reproductive cycle has four stages: anestrus, proestrus, estrus, and diestrus.

Meanings of Diogenes:

proper noun

(c.400–c.325 bc), greek philosopher. the most famous of the cynics, he lived ascetically in athens (according to legend, he lived in a tub) and was accordingly nicknamed kuōn (‘the dog’), from which the cynics derived their name. he emphasized self-sufficiency and the need for natural, uninhibited behaviour, regardless of social conventions.

Meanings of Diogenite:

noun

A stony meteorite of a kind consisting largely of pyroxenes and plagioclase.

Usage examples:

In addition, individual fragments of eucrites and diogenites are often found within the howardites.

Meanings of Diol:

noun

An alcohol containing two hydroxyl groups in its molecule.

Usage examples:

They are the result of a reaction between a diacid (such as terephthalic acid) and a diol (such as …

Meanings of Diols:

noun

An alcohol containing two hydroxyl groups in its molecule.

Usage examples:

They are the result of a reaction between a diacid (such as terephthalic acid) and a diol (such as …

Meanings of Dione:

proper noun

A satellite of saturn, the twelfth closest to the planet, discovered by cassini in 1684, being icy with a partly cratered and partly smooth surface (diameter 1,120 km).

Meanings of Dionysiac:

adjective

Relating to the god dionysus.

Usage examples:

This does not necessarily mean that euripides was an initiate of dionysian mysteries, or that his p…

Meanings of Dionysian:

adjective

Relating to the god dionysus.

Usage examples:

This does not necessarily mean that euripides was an initiate of dionysian mysteries, or that his p…

Meanings of Dionysus:

proper noun

A greek god, son of zeus and semele; his worship entered greece from thrace c.1000 bc. originally a god of the fertility of nature, associated with wild and ecstatic religious rites, in later traditions he is a god of wine who loosens inhibitions and inspires creativity in music and poetry.

noun

In greek mythology (= ancient stories), a god connected with wine, celebration, and fertility (= the growth of crops)

Usage examples:

Dionysus urged his greek worshippers to dance and eat themselves into a state of joy.

Meanings of Diopsidae:

noun

A mineral occurring as white to pale green crystals in metamorphic and basic igneous rocks. it consists of a calcium and magnesium silicate of the pyroxene group, often also containing iron and chromium.

Usage examples:

Some of the characteristic minerals found in kimberlite are olivine, pyrope garnet, enstatite, diop…

Meanings of Diopside:

noun

A mineral occurring as white to pale green crystals in metamorphic and basic igneous rocks. it consists of a calcium and magnesium silicate of the pyroxene group, often also containing iron and chromium.

Usage examples:

Some of the characteristic minerals found in kimberlite are olivine, pyrope garnet, enstatite, diop…

Meanings of Diopsides:

noun

A mineral occurring as white to pale green crystals in metamorphic and basic igneous rocks. it consists of a calcium and magnesium silicate of the pyroxene group, often also containing iron and chromium.

Usage examples:

Some of the characteristic minerals found in kimberlite are olivine, pyrope garnet, enstatite, diop…

Meanings of Dioptase:

noun

A rare mineral occurring as emerald green or blue-green crystals. it consists of a hydrated silicate of copper.

Usage examples:

For digital photography, solux bulbs are perfect, yielding accurate rendition of difficult-to-photo…

Meanings of Dioptases:

noun

A rare mineral occurring as emerald green or blue-green crystals. it consists of a hydrated silicate of copper.

Usage examples:

For digital photography, solux bulbs are perfect, yielding accurate rendition of difficult-to-photo…

Meanings of Diopter:

noun

A unit of refractive power, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens.

Usage examples:

Vision corrected to within one dioptre of perfect sight

Meanings of Diopters:

noun

A unit of refractive power, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens.

Usage examples:

Vision corrected to within one dioptre of perfect sight

Meanings of Dioptre:

noun

A unit of refractive power, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens.

Usage examples:

Vision corrected to within one dioptre of perfect sight

Meanings of Dioptres:

noun

A unit of refractive power, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens.

Usage examples:

Vision corrected to within one dioptre of perfect sight

Meanings of Dioptric:

adjective

Relating to the refraction of light, especially in the organs of sight or in devices which aid or improve the vision.

Usage examples:

The dioptric power of this liquid lens depends on the refractive indices of the materials and the r…

Meanings of Dioptrics:

plural noun

The branch of optics that deals with refraction.

Usage examples:

He was studying geometrical optics in the early 1650s, and began his own treatise on dioptrics at t…

Meanings of Diorama:

noun

A model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures, either in miniature or as a large-scale museum exhibit.

Usage examples:

The real wild animals hunted by roosevelt and others had to be killed before they could be reconstr…