Damon and Pythias
         n 1: (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias
               was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow
               Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned
               in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let
               them both live

English Dictionary: demeaning	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demeaning adj causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game" Synonym(s): demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
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demeaningly adv in a humiliating manner; "the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small" Synonym(s): humiliatingly, demeaningly
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demimondaine n a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society
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demimonde n a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior
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denominate v assign a name or title to Synonym(s): designate, denominate
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denomination n a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations" identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others Synonym(s): appellation, denomination, designation, appellative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
denominational adj relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination; "denominational politics" relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination; "denominational prejudice"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
denominationalism n a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" Synonym(s): sectarianism, denominationalism the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
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denominationally adv with respect to denomination; "denominationally diverse audiences"
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denominator n the divisor of a fraction
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denouement n the outcome of a complex sequence of events the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
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diminuendo adj gradually decreasing in volume [syn: decrescendo, diminuendo] n (music) a gradual decrease in loudness [syn: decrescendo, diminuendo]
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domain name n strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet; "domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right"
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dominance n superior development of one side of the body [syn: laterality, dominance] the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" Synonym(s): dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state" Synonym(s): authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dominant adj exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage" Antonym(s): low-level, subordinate (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar Antonym(s): recessive most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" Synonym(s): prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife n (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different Synonym(s): dominant allele, dominant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dominant allele n an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different Synonym(s): dominant allele, dominant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dominant gene n gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dominion n dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar" Synonym(s): dominion, rule a region marked off for administrative or other purposes Synonym(s): district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth
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Dominion Day n a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867 Synonym(s): Dominion Day, July 1
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downy manzanita n erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young Synonym(s): downy manzanita, woolly manzanita, Arctostaphylos tomentosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dynamometer n measuring instrument designed to measure power [syn: dynamometer, ergometer]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amomum \[d8]A*mo"mum\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] an Indian spice       plant.] (Bot.)       A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear       cardamoms, and grains of paradise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8d1nomania \[d8][d1]n`o*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] wine +       [?] mania.] (Med.)       (a) Delirium tremens. --Rayer.       (b) Dipsomania.
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d8D82nouement \[d8]D[82]`noue`ment"\, n. [F. d[82]nouement, fr.       d[82]nouer to untie; pref. d[82]- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie,       fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]       1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe,             especially of a drama or a romance.          2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Monde \[d8]Monde\ (m[ocir]Nd), n. [F. See {Mundane}.]       The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. [R.] --A.       Drummond.          {[d8]Le beau monde} [F.], fashionable society. See {Beau             monde}.          {[d8]Demi monde}. See {Demimonde}.
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d8Hymenium \[d8]Hy*me"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. {Hymenia}, E.       {Hymeniums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a membrane.] (Bot.)       The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the       gills of a mushroom.
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d8Hymenomycetes \[d8]Hy`me*no*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?] a membrane + [?], [?], a mushroom.] (Bot.)       One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species       in which the hymenium is completely exposed. --M. J. Berkley.
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d8Memento mori \[d8]Me*men"to mo"ri\ [L.]       Lit., remember to die, i.e., that you must die; a warning to       be prepared for death; an object, as a death's-head or a       personal ornament, usually emblematic, used as a reminder of       death.
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d8Meminna \[d8]Me*min"na\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A small deerlet, or chevrotain, of India.
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d8Menaion \[d8]Me*na"ion\, n.; pl. {Menaia} (-y[86]). [NL., from       Gr. [?] monthly.] (Eccl.)       A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the       Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same.       --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Minimus \[d8]Min"i*mus\, n.; pl. {Minimi}. [L. See {Minim}.]       1. A being of the smallest size. [Obs.] --Shak.          2. (Anat.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that             corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.
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d8Monandria \[d8]Mo*nan"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] alone       + [?], [?], a man.] (Bot.)       A Linn[91]an class of plants embracing those having but a       single stamen.
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d8Monomachia \[d8]Mon`o*ma"chi*a\, Monomachy \Mo*nom"a*chy\, n.       [L. monomachia, Gr. [?], fr. [?] fighting in single combat;       [?] single, alone + [?] to fight.]       A duel; single combat. [bd]The duello or monomachia.[b8]       --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Monomphalus \[d8]Mo*nom"pha*lus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos       alone + [?] the navel.]       A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united       by a common umbilicus.
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d8Monomya \[d8]Mo*no"my*a\, d8Monomyaria \[d8]Mon`o*my*a"ri*a\,       n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?], [?], muscle.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing       the shell, as the oyster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Monomya \[d8]Mo*no"my*a\, d8Monomyaria \[d8]Mon`o*my*a"ri*a\,       n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] single + [?], [?], muscle.]       (Zo[94]l.)       An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing       the shell, as the oyster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Neomenia \[d8]Ne`o*me"ni*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] new +       [?] month.]       The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the       lunar calendar.
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d8Neomenoidea \[d8]Ne`o*me*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Neomenia,       a representative genus (See {Neomenia}) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell,       belonging to the Isopleura.
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d8Noumenon \[d8]Nou"me*non\, n. [NL. fr. Gr. [?] the thing       perceived, p. pr. pass. of [?] to perceive, [?] the mind.]       (Metaph.)       The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or       thing in itself, which is distinguished from the {phenomenon}       through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which       it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the       philosophy of Kant and his followers.
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d8Oinomania \[d8]Oi`no*ma"ni*a\, n.       See {[d2]nomania}.
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Demeanance \De*mean"ance\, n.       Demeanor. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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Demean \De*mean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demeaned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Demeaning}.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F.       se d[82]mener to struggle; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + mener to       lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive       animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See       {Menace}.]       1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.                         [Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the             reflexive pronoun.                         They have demeaned themselves Like men born to                      renown by life or death.                     --Shak.                         They answered . . . that they should demean                      themselves according to their instructions.                                                                               --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demiman \Dem"i*man`\, n.       A half man. [R.] --Knolles.
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Demimonde \Dem`i*monde"\, n. [F.; demi + monde world, L.       mundus.]       Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as       mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.          {Literary demimonde}, writers of the lowest kind.
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Demonian \De*mo"ni*an\, a.       Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. [bd]Demonian       spirits.[b8] --Milton.
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Demonianism \De*mo"ni*an*ism\, n.       The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons.
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Demonomagy \De`mon*om"a*gy\, n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + magei`a       magic.]       Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or       infernal magic. --Bp. Hurd.
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Demonomania \De*mon`o*ma"ni*a\, n. [Demon + mania.]       A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself       possessed of devils.
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Demonomist \De*mon"o*mist\n.       One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] --Sir T.       Herbert.
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Demonomy \De*mon"o*my\, n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + no`mos law.]       The dominion of demons. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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Denominable \De*nom"i*na*ble\, a.       Capable of being denominated or named. --Sir T. Browne.
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Denominate \De*nom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denominated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Denominating}.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of       denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See       {Nominate}.]       To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;       to name; to designate.                   Passions commonly denominating selfish.   --Hume.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denominate \De*nom"i*nate\, a. [L. denominatus, p. p.]       Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the       concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate       quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See       {Compound number}, under {Compound}.
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Compound \Com"pound\, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See       {Compound}, v. t.]       Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;       produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or       things; composite; as, a compound word.                   Compound substances are made up of two or more simple                substances.                                             --I. Watts.          {Compound addition}, {subtraction}, {multiplication},       {division} (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of             compound numbers.          {Compound crystal} (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one             seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined             according to regular laws of composition.          {Compound engine} (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which             the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder             is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure             cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,             successively.          {Compound ether}. (Chem.) See under {Ether}.          {Compound flower} (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single             flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in             a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or             dandelion.          {Compound fraction}. (Math.) See {Fraction}.          {Compound fracture}. See {Fracture}.          {Compound householder}, a householder who compounds or             arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be             included in his rents. [Eng.]          {Compound interest}. See {Interest}.          {Compound larceny}. (Law) See {Larceny}.          {Compound leaf} (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate             blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.          {Compound microscope}. See {Microscope}.          {Compound motion}. See {Motion}.          {Compound number} (Math.), one constructed according to a             varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;             -- called also {denominate number}.          {Compound pier} (Arch.), a clustered column.          {Compound quantity} (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or             more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +             (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are             compound quantities.          {Compound radical}. (Chem.) See {Radical}.          {Compound ratio} (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;             thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c             and b:d.          {Compound rest} (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine             lathe.          {Compound screw} (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two             or more screws with different pitch (a differential             screw), or running in different directions (a right and             left screw).          {Compound time} (Mus.), that in which two or more simple             measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining             of two measures of 3-8 time.          {Compound word}, a word composed of two or more words;             specifically, two or more words joined together by a             hyphen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denominate \De*nom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denominated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Denominating}.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of       denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See       {Nominate}.]       To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;       to name; to designate.                   Passions commonly denominating selfish.   --Hume.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denominate \De*nom"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denominated};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Denominating}.] [L. denominatus, p. p. of       denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See       {Nominate}.]       To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle;       to name; to designate.                   Passions commonly denominating selfish.   --Hume.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Denomination \De*nom`i*na"tion\, n. [L. denominatio metonymy:       cf. F. d[82]nomination a naming.]       1. The act of naming or designating.          2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an             epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a             general name indicating a class of like individuals; a             category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands,             or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.                         Those [qualities] which are classed under the                      denomination of sublime.                     --Burke.          3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same             name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians.          Syn: Name; appellation; title. See {Name}.
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Denominational \De*nom`i*na"tion*al\, a.       Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or       society. [bd]Denominational differences.[b8] --Buckle.
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Denominationalism \De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism\, n.       A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the       interests of a sect or denomination.
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Denominationalist \De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist\, n.       One imbued with a denominational spirit. --The Century.
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Denominationally \De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly\, adv.       In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
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Denominative \De*nom`i*na"tive\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]nominatif.]       1. Conferring a denomination or name.          2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name.          3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct             denomination or designation; denominable.                         The least denominative part of time is a minute.                                                                               --Cocker.          4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a             denominative verb.
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Denominative \De*nom`i*na"tive\, n.       A denominative name or term; denominative verb. --Jer.       Taylor. Harkness.
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Denominatively \De*nom`i*na"tive*ly\, adv.       By denomination.
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Denominator \De*nom"i*na`tor\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]nominateur.]       1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of             a name.                         This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and                      denomination of the Syrians in general. --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.          2. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in vulgar             fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or             unit is divided.          Note: Thus, in [frac35], 5 is the denominator, showing that                the integer is divided into five parts; and the                numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken.          3. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form             which is situated below the horizontal line signifying             division.          Note: In this sense, the denominator is not necessarily a                number, but may be any expression, either positive or                negative, real or imaginary. --Davies & Peck (Math.                Dict. )
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Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)       The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who       presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified       with the Greek goddess {Artemis}.                   And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.          {Diana monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey             of West Africa ({Cercopithecus Diana}).
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Diminuendo \Di*min`u*en"do\, adv. [It., p. pr. of diminuere to       diminish.] (Mus.)       In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone;       decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or       the sign.
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Diminuent \Di*min"u*ent\, a. [L. diminuens, p. pr. of diminuere.       See {Diminish}.]       Lessening. --Bp. Sanderson.
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Dominance \Dom"i*nance\, Dominancy \Dom"i*nan*cy\, n.       Predominance; ascendency; authority.
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Dominance \Dom"i*nance\, Dominancy \Dom"i*nan*cy\, n.       Predominance; ascendency; authority.
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Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)       The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A       of D, and so on.          {Dominant chord} (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of       dominari: cf. F. dominant. See {Dominate}.]       Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,       the dominant party, church, spirit, power.                   The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with                the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but                imperious, insolent, and cruel.               --Macaulay.          {Dominant estate} [or] {tenement} (Law), the estate to which             a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the             estate over which the servitude extends being called the             servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law             Dict.          {Dominant owner} (Law), one who owns lands on which there is             an easement owned by another.          Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant;                ascendant.
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Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.)       The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A       of D, and so on.          {Dominant chord} (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of       dominari: cf. F. dominant. See {Dominate}.]       Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,       the dominant party, church, spirit, power.                   The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with                the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but                imperious, insolent, and cruel.               --Macaulay.          {Dominant estate} [or] {tenement} (Law), the estate to which             a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the             estate over which the servitude extends being called the             servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law             Dict.          {Dominant owner} (Law), one who owns lands on which there is             an easement owned by another.          Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant;                ascendant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of       dominari: cf. F. dominant. See {Dominate}.]       Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as,       the dominant party, church, spirit, power.                   The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with                the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but                imperious, insolent, and cruel.               --Macaulay.          {Dominant estate} [or] {tenement} (Law), the estate to which             a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the             estate over which the servitude extends being called the             servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law             Dict.          {Dominant owner} (Law), one who owns lands on which there is             an easement owned by another.          Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant;                ascendant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominion \Do*min"ion\, n. [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium.       See {Domain}, {Dungeon}.]       1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and             controlling; independent right of possession, use, and             control; sovereignty; supremacy.                         I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose                      dominion is an everlasting dominion.   --Dan. iv. 34.                         To choose between dominion or slavery. --Jowett                                                                               (Thucyd. ).          2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.                         Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion                      over things confused and transient.   --Dryden.          3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is             exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as             subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used             figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.          4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See             {Domination}, 3. --Milton.                         By him were all things created . . . whether they be                      thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.                                                                               --Col. i. 16.          Syn: Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction;                government; territory; district; region.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dominion Day \Do*min"ion Day\       In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary       of the proclamation of the formation of the Dominion in 1867.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynamometer \Dy`na*mom"e*ter\, n. [Cf. F. dynamom[8a]tre. See       {Dynameter}.]       An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially,       muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by       a motor, or that required to operate machinery.          Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight                to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an                index, or automatic recorder, to show the work                performed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynamometric \Dy`na*mo*met"ric\, Dynamometrical    \Dy`na*mo*met"ric*al\, a.       Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force       doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynamometric \Dy`na*mo*met"ric\, Dynamometrical    \Dy`na*mo*met"ric*al\, a.       Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force       doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynamometry \Dy`na*mom"e*try\, n.       The art or process of measuring forces doing work.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dominion, TX (CDP, FIPS 20844)       Location: 29.65657 N, 98.61622 W       Population (1990): 1196 (509 housing units)       Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Demon Internet Ltd.          One of the first company to provide public       {Internet} access in the UK.          The staff of Demon Systems Ltd., an established software       house, started Demon Internet on 1992-06-01 and it was the       first system in the United Kingdom to offer low cost full       {Internet} access.   It was started with the support of about       100 founder members who discussed the idea on {Compulink       Information Exchange}, and were brave enough to pay a year's       subscription in advance.   They aimed to have 200 members in       the first year to cover costs, ignoring any time spent.   After       about two weeks they realised they needed nearer 400.   By       November 1993 they had over 2000 subscribers and by August       1994 they had about 11000 with 20% per month growth.   All       revenues have been reinvested in resources and expansion of       service.          Demon link to {Sprintlink} in the United States making them       totally independent.   They peer with {EUNet} and {PIPEX} to       ensure good connectivity in Great Britain as well as having       links to the {JANET}/{JIPS} UK academic network.   A direct       line into the {Department of Computing, Imperial College,       London (http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk)} from their Central       London {Point of Presence} (PoP) (styx.demon.co.uk) gives       access to the biggest {FTP} and {Archie} site in Europe.          Demon provide local call access to a large proportion of the       UK.   The central London {PoP} provides {leased line}       connections at a cheaper rate for those customers in the       central 0171 area.   Further lines and {PoP}s are being added       continuously.          Subscribers get allocated an {Internet Address} and can choose       a {hostname} within the demon.co.uk {domain}.   They can have       any number of e-mail address at that host.          In October 1994 Demon confirmed a large contract with the       major telecommunications provider {Energis}.   They will supply       guaranteed bandwidth to Demon's 10Mb/s {backbone} from several       cities and towns.   Several {PoP}s will be phased out and       replaced with others during 1995.          E-mail: .          {(ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/)}.          {Home (http://www.demon.co.uk/)}.          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:demon.announce}.          Telephone: +44 (181) 349 0063.          Address: Demon Internet Ltd., 42 Hendon Lane, Finchley, London       N3 1TT, UK.          (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Domain Analysis          1. Determining the operations, data       objects, properties and {abstractions} appropriate for       designing solutions to problems in a given {domain}.          2. The {domain engineering} activity in which domain knowledge       is studied and formalised as a domain definition and a domain       specification.   A {software reuse} approach that involves       combining software components, subsystems, etc., into a single       application system.          3. The process of identifying, collecting organising,       analysing and representing a {domain model} and software       architecture from the study of existing systems, underlying       theory, emerging technology and development histories within       the domain of interest.          4. The analysis of systems within a domain to discover       commonalities and differences among them.          (1997-12-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
domain engineering          1. The development and evolution of       {domain} specific knowledge and artifacts to support the       development and evolution of systems in the domain.   Domain       engineering includes engineering of {domain models},       components, methods and tools and may also include {asset       management}.          2. The engineering process of analysing and modelling a       domain, designing and modelling a generic solution       architecture for a product line within that domain,       implementing and using reusable components of that       architecture and maintaining and evolving the domain,       architecture and implementation models.          3. A reuse-based approach to defining the scope ({domain       definition}), specifying the structure ({domain architecture})       and building the Assets (requirements, designs, software code,       documentation) for a class of systems, subsystems or       applications.   Domain engineering can include domain       definition, domain analysis, developing the domain       architecture domain implementation.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
domain name          {fully qualified domain name}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Domain Name Server          {Domain Name System}.          (1997-12-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Domain Name System          (DNS) A general-purpose distributed, replicated,       data query service chiefly used on {Internet} for translating       {hostnames} into {Internet addresses}.   Also, the style of       {hostname} used on the Internet, though such a name is       properly called a {fully qualified domain name}.   DNS can be       configured to use a sequence of name servers, based on the       domains in the name being looked for, until a match is found.          The name resolution client (e.g. Unix's gethostbyname()       library function) can be configured to search for host       information in the following order: first in the local       /etc/hosts file, second in {NIS} and third in DNS.   This       sequencing of Naming Services is sometimes called "name       service switching".   Under {Solaris} is configured in the file       /etc/nsswitch.conf.          DNS can be queried interactively using the command {nslookup}.       It is defined in {STD 13}, {RFC 1034}, {RFC 1035}, {RFC 1591}.          {BIND} is a common DNS server.          {Info from Virtual Office, Inc.       (http://virtual.office.com/domains.html)}.          (2001-05-14)