English Dictionary: dolomite | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Aliunde \[d8]A`li*un"de\, adv. & a. [L.] (Law) From another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde. | |
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d8Allantoidea \[d8]Al`lan*toid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. | |
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d8Allantois \[d8]Al*lan"to*is\, Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, ] n.. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle. | |
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d8Allumette \[d8]Al`lu`mette\, n. [F., from allumer to light.] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc. | |
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d8Almadia \[d8]Al`ma*di"a\, d8Almadie \[d8]Al"ma*die\, n. [F. almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[c6]yah a raft, float.] (Naut.) (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad. | |
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d8Almadia \[d8]Al`ma*di"a\, d8Almadie \[d8]Al"ma*die\, n. [F. almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[c6]yah a raft, float.] (Naut.) (a) A bark canoe used by the Africans. (b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad. | |
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d8Almude \[d8]Al*mude"\, n. [Pg. almude, or Sp. almud, a measure of grain or dry fruit, fr. Ar. al-mudd a dry measure.] A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure. In Turkey the [bd]almud[b8] is about 1.4 gallons. | |
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d8Delenda \[d8]De*len"da\, n. pl. [L., fr. delere to destroy.] Things to be erased or blotted out. | |
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d8Delundung \[d8]De*lun"dung\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal ({Prionodon gracilis}), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted. | |
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d8Dolente \[d8]Do*len"te\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Plaintively. See {Doloroso}. | |
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d8Helianthoidea \[d8]He`li*an"thoi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. helianthes sunflower + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria. | |
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d8Holometabola \[d8]Hol`o*me*tab"o*la\, n. pl. [NL. See {Holo-}, and {Metabola}.] (Zo[94]l.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola. | |
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d8L91modipoda \[d8]L[91]`mo*dip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] throat + [?] twice + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or {Cyamus}, and {Caprella} are examples. | |
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d8Lametta \[d8]La*met"ta\, n. [Cf. It. lametta, dim. of lama a thin plate.] Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. --De Colange. | |
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d8Landdrost \[d8]Land"drost`\, n.; pl. {-drosten} . Sometimes incorrectly Landtrost \Landtrost\ [D., fr. land land + drost a kind of official; akin to G. truchsess.] In Cape Colony: (a) A chief magistrate in rural districts. He was replaced in 1827 by [bd]resident magistrates.[b8] (b) The president of the Heemraad. | |
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d8Landsthing \[d8]Lands"thing`\, n. [Dan. landsthing, landsting, fr. land land + thing, ting, parliament. See {Land}; {Thing}.] (Denmark.) See {Legislature}, below. | |
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d8Landstorm \[d8]Land"storm`\, n. [Sw.] See {Varnpligtige}. | |
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d8Landsturm \[d8]Land"sturm`\, n. [G. See {Land}, and {Storm}.] That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last. | |
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d8Landsturm \[d8]Land"sturm`\, n. [G. See {Land}; {Storm}.] In Germany and other European nations, and Japan: (a) A general levy in time of war. (b) The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See {Army organization}, above. | |
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d8Landtag \[d8]Land"tag`\, n. [G. See {Land}, and {Day}.] The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia. | |
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d8Landtag \[d8]Land"tag`\, n. [G. See {Land}; {Day}.] (Prussia.) See {Legislasture}, below. | |
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d8Landwehr \[d8]Land"wehr`\, n. [G., fr. land land, country + wehr defense.] That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill. | |
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d8Lentamente \[d8]Len`ta*men"te\ (l[asl]n`t[adot]*m[asl]n"t[asl]; E. l[ecr]n`t[adot]*m[ecr]n"t[esl]), adv. [It.] (Mus.) Slowly; in slow time. | |
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d8Lentando \[d8]Len*tan"do\ (l[asl]n*t[aum]n"d[osl]; E. l[ecr]n*t[acr]n"d[osl]), a. [It., p. pr. of lentare to make slow. See {Lent}, a.] (Mus.) Slackening; retarding. Same as {Rallentando}. | |
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d8Lenticula \[d8]Len*tic"u*la\ (l[ecr]n*t[icr]k"[usl]*l[adot]), n.; pl. E. {Lenticulas} (-l[adot]z), L. {Lenticul[91]} (-l[emac]). [L. See {Lenticel}.] 1. (Med.) A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle. 2. (Opt.) A lens of small size. 3. (Bot.) A lenticel. | |
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d8Lentigo \[d8]Len*ti"go\ (l[ecr]n*t[imac]"g[osl]), n. [L., fr. lens, lentis, lentil.] (Med.) A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles. | |
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d8Lento \[d8]Len"to\ (l[asl]n"t[osl]; E. l[ecr]n"t[osl]), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written {lente}. | |
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d8Lentor \[d8]Len"tor\ (-t[ocr]r), n. [L., fr. lentus pliant, tough, slow. See {Lent}, a.] 1. Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids. 2. Slowness; delay; sluggishness. --Arbuthnot. | |
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d8Lindia \[d8]Lin"di*a\ (l[icr]n"d[icr]*[adot]), n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zo[94]logists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda. | |
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d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus. | |
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d8Tillandsia \[d8]Til*land"si*a\, n. [NL. So named after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland.] (Bot.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. {Tillandsia usneoides}, called {long moss}, {black moss}, {Spanish moss}, and {Florida moss}, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses. | |
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d8Ulonata \[d8]U`lo*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera. | |
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Dalmatian \Dal*ma"tian\, a. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. {Dalmatian dog} (Zo[94]l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog. | |
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Dalmatian \Dal*ma"tian\, a. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. {Dalmatian dog} (Zo[94]l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog. | |
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Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia. 2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation. | |
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Dalmatica \Dal*mat"i*ca\, n., Dalmatic \Dal*mat"ic\, n.[LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia. 2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation. | |
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Delimit \De*lim"it\, v. t. [L. delimitare: cf. F. d[82]limiter.] To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound. | |
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Delimitation \De*lim`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F. d[82]limitation.] The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. --Gladstone. | |
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Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, a. [L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See {Line}.] Delineated; portrayed. [R.] | |
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Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delineated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delineating}.] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See {Delineation}. Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside. 2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. --Walpole. | |
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Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delineated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delineating}.] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See {Delineation}. Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside. 2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. --Walpole. | |
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Delineate \De*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delineated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delineating}.] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See {Delineation}. Adventurous to delineate nature's form. --Akenside. 2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. --Walpole. | |
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Delineation \De*lin`e*a"tion\, n. [L. delineatio: cf. F. d[82]lin[82]ation.] 1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively. 2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W. Irving. Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See {Sketch}. | |
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Delineator \De*lin"e*a`tor\, n. 1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher. 2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road. | |
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Delineatory \De*lin"e*a*to*ry\, a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating. | |
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Delineature \De*lin"e*a*ture\ (?; 135), n. Delineation. [Obs.] | |
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Delinition \Del`i*ni"tion\, n. [L. delinere to smear. See {Liniment}.] A smearing. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Dilaniate \Di*la"ni*ate\, v. t. [L. dilaniatus, p. p. of dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to pieces.] To rend in pieces; to tear. [R.] --Howell. | |
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Dilaniation \Di*la`ni*a"tion\, n. A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. [R.] | |
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Diluent \Dil"u*ent\, a. [L. diluens, p. pr. diluere. See {Dilute}.] Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Diluent \Dil"u*ent\, n. 1. That which dilutes. 2. (Med.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink. There is no real diluent but water. --Arbuthnot. | |
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3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion. So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood prepared to see the manna fall. --Dryden. Heaven has in store a precious dole. --Keble. 4. A boundary; a landmark. --Halliwell. 5. A void space left in tillage. --[Prov. Eng.] {Dole beer}, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] {Dole bread}, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] {Dole meadow}, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share. | |
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Dolent \Do"lent\, a. [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See {Dole} sorrow.] Sorrowful. [Obs.] --Ford. | |
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Water spider \Wa"ter spi"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) An aquatic European spider ({Argyoneta aquatica}) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also {diving spider}. (b) A water mite. (c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species ({Dolomedes lanceolatus}) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also {raft spider}. | |
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Dolomite \Dol"o*mite\, n. [After the French geologist Dolomieu.] (Geol. & Min.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called {bitter spar}. | |
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Dolomitic \Dol`o*mit"ic\, a. Pertaining to dolomite. | |
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Limestone \Lime"stone`\ (l[imac]m"st[omac]n`), n. A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or {dolomitic limestone}. Crystalline limestone is called {marble}. | |
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Dalmatia, PA Zip code(s): 17017 | |
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De Land, FL (city, FIPS 16875) Location: 29.03604 N, 81.29752 W Population (1990): 16491 (7724 housing units) Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) De Land, IL (village, FIPS 19200) Location: 40.12159 N, 88.64383 W Population (1990): 458 (196 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61839 | |
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De Land Southwest, FL (CDP, FIPS 16937) Location: 29.00690 N, 81.31096 W Population (1990): 1249 (524 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Deland, FL Zip code(s): 32720, 32724 | |
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Delmita, TX Zip code(s): 78536 | |
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Doland, SD (city, FIPS 16820) Location: 44.89443 N, 98.09915 W Population (1990): 306 (158 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57436 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dolomite, AL Zip code(s): 35061 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
delint /dee-lint/ v. obs. To modify code to remove problems detected when {lint}ing. Confusingly, this process is also referred to as `linting' code. This term is no longer in general use because ANSI C compilers typically issue compile-time warnings almost as detailed as lint warnings. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Delaunay triangulation points in the {Euclidean plane}, the unique {triangulation} DT(S) of S such that no point in S is inside the circumcircle of any triangle in DT(S). DT(S) is the dual of the {voronoi diagram} of S. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
delimiter mark the start and end of, items of data in, e.g., a {database}, {source code}, or {text file}. See also: {record}. (2001-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
delint /dee-lint/ To modify code to remove problems detected when {lint}ing. Confusingly, this process is also referred to as "linting" code. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dual-homed {host} is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a {dual-attached} device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings. (1994-12-13) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dalmatia a mountainous country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, a part of the Roman province of Illyricum. It still bears its ancient name. During Paul's second imprisonment at Rome, Titus left him to visit Dalmatia (2 Tim. 4:10) for some unknown purpose. Paul had himself formerly preached in that region (Rom. 15:19). The present Emperor of Austria bears, among his other titles, that of "King of Dalmatia." | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dalmatia, deceitful lamps; vain brightness |