English Dictionary: Datenwerte | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deadener \Dead"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, deadens or checks. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Detainer \De*tain"er\ (-[etil]r), n. 1. One who detains. 2. (Law) (a) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. (b) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ditionary \Di"tion*a*ry\, a. Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ditionary \Di"tion*a*ry\, n. A subject; a tributary. [Obs.] --Eden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duodenary \Du`o*den"a*ry\, a. [L. duodenarius, fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duod[82]naire.] Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dittmer, MO Zip code(s): 63023 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
data mart address a specific function or department's needs, as opposed to a data warehouse which is traditionally meant to address the needs of the organisation from an enterprise perspective. In addition, a data mart often uses {aggregation} or summarisation of the data to enhance query performance. However, it is important to maintain the ability to access the underlying base data to enable {drill-down analysis} as necessary. (1998-04-24) |