Diocesener
Di′o‐ce″se‐ner (?), n. One who belongs to a diocese. Bacon.
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Diodon
Di″o‐don (?), n. [Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a s...
Diodont
Di″o‐dont (?), a.(Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. — n. A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.
Diœcia
‖Di‐œ″ci‐a (dī̍‐ē″shĭ‐ȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. δι = δίσ twice + οἰ̑κοσ a house.] 1. (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.2. (Zoöl....
Diœcian
{ Di‐œ″cian (?), Di‐œ″cious (?), } a.(Biol.) Having the sexes in two separate individuals; — applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male f...
Diœciously
Di‐œ″cious‐ly, adv.(Biol.) In a diœcious manner.Diœciously hermaphrodite(Bot.), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically diœcious, — those on one plant producing no ...
Diœciousness
Di‐œ″cious‐ness, n.(Biol.) The state or quality of being diœcious.
Diœcism
Di‐œ″cism (?), n.(Biol.) The condition of being diœcious.
Diogenes
Di‐og″e‐nes (?), n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sha...
Dioicous
Di‐oi″cous (?), a. See Diœcious.
Diomedea
‖Di‐om′e‐de″a (?), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross.
Dionæa
‖Di′o‐næ″a (?), n.(Bot.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.
Dionysia
‖Di′o‐ny″si‐a (?), n. pl.(Class. Antiq.) Any of the festivals held in honor of the Olympian god Dionysus. They correspond to the Roman Bacchanalia; the greater Dionysia were hel...
Dionysiac
Di′o‐ny″si‐ac (?), a. Of or pertaining to Dionysus or to the Dionysia; Bacchic; as, a Dionysiac festival; the Dionysiac theater at Athens.
Dionysian
Di′o‐ny″sian (?), a. Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era.Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the cycle of th...
Diophantine
Di′o‐phan″tine (?), a. Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra.Diophantine analysis(Alg.), that branch of indeterminate analysis which has for its object...
Diopside
Di‐op″side (?), n. [Gr. δι- = δίσ- twice + � a sight, fr. the root of � I shall see: cf. F. diopside.] (Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color...
Dioptase
Di‐op″tase (?), n. [Gr. � = διά through + � to see: cf. F. dioptase.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
Diopter
{ Di‐op″ter (?), ‖Di‐op″tra (?), } n. [L. dioptra, fr. Gr. �. See 2d Dioptric.] An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
Dioptre
‖Di‐op″tre (?), n. [F. See 2d Dioptric.] (Optics) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass wh...
Dioptric
Di‐op″tric (?), a.(Optics) Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses. — n. A dioptre. See Dioptre.
Dioptric (2)
{ Di‐op″tric (?), Di‐op″tric‐al (?), } a. [Gr. � belonging to the use of the �; � = διά through + the root of � I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; a...
Dioptrics
Di‐op″trics (?), n. [Gr. � �: cf. F. dioptrique.] (Optics) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of ...
Dioptry
Di‐op″try (?), n.(Optics) A dioptre.
Diorama
Di′o‐ra″ma (?), n. [Gr. � to see through; � = διά through + � to see; cf. � that which is seen, a sight: cf. F. diorama. Cf. Panorama.] 1. A mode of scenic representation, inven...
Dioramic
Di′o‐ram″ic (?), a. Pertaining to a diorama.
Diorism
Di″o‐rism (?), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to distinguish; � = διά through + � to divide from, fr. � a boundary.] Definition; logical direction. Dr. H. More.