Diadophis
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~ a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes
diaeresis
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~ a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel to indicate that it does not form a diphthong with an adjacent vowel
diaghilev
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~ Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
diaglyph
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~ glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
diagnosing
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~ identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
diagnosis
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~ identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
diagnostic assay
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~ an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes
diagnostician
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~ a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
diagnostics
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~ the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
diagonal
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~ an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
diagonal
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~ a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
diagonal
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~ a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
diagonal
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~ (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
diagonal
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~ (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
diagonalisation
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~ changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal); "the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation"
diagonalization
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~ changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal); "the diagonalization of a normal matrix by a unitary transformation"
diagram
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~ a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
diagramming
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~ providing a chart or outline of a system
diakinesis
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~ the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
dial
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~ the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours