| divertor | <radiobiology> Component of a toroidal fusion device that diverts charged particles on the outer edge of the plasma into a separate chamber where they strike a barrier and become neutralised. In a reactor, the divertor would incorporate a system for pumping out the neutralised particles as exhaust from the machine. A divertor, like a limiter, prevents the particles from striking and degrading the chamber walls and dislodging secondary particles that would cool and contaminate the plasma. Whereas a limiter is a material object used to limit the shape of the plasma, a divertor is a magnetic-field construction. The advantage of the divertor is that it allows the neutralisation region to be removed from the main plasma. See: limiter. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| divest | 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; opposed to invest. 2. To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. "Wretches divested of every moral feeling." (Goldsmith) "The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals." (Earle) 3. See Devest. Origin: LL. Divestire (di- = dis- + L. Vestire to dress), equiv. To L. Devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divi-divi | <botany> A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divicine | A base with alkaloidal properties present in Lathyrus sativus which is responsible, in part at least, for the latter's poisonous action. See: lathyrism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divide | 1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts. "Divide the living child in two." (1 Kings III. 25) 2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns. "Let it divide the waters from the waters." (Gen. I. 6) 3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share. "True justice unto people to divide." (Spenser) "Ye shall divide the land by lot." (Num. Xxxiii. 54) 4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. "If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand." (Mark III. 24) "Every family became now divided within itself." (Prescott) 5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question. 6. <mathematics> To subject to arithmetical division. 7. <logic> To separate into species; said of a genus or generic term. 8. <mechanics> To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant. 9. To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. Synonym: To sever, dissever, sunder, cleave, disjoin, disunite, detach, disconnect, part, distribute, share. Origin: L. Dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. Vyadh to pierce; perh. Akin to L. Vidua widow, and E. Widow. Cf. Device, Devise. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divided | Referring to the blade of a leaf when it is cut into distinct divisions to, or almost to, the midvein. (09 Oct 1997) |
| divided dose | A definite fraction of a full dose; given repeatedly at short intervals so that the full dose is taken within a specified period, usually one day. Synonym: fractional dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| divided spectacles | An early form of bifocal spectacles in which the lower half of the lens is for near vision, the upper half for distant vision. Synonym: divided spectacles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dividend | 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate. 2. <mathematics> A number or quantity which is to be divided. Origin: L. Dividendum thing to be divided, neut. Of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. Dividende. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divider | 1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts. 2. One who deals out to each his share. "Who made me a judge or a divider over you?" (Luke xii. 14) 3. One who, or that which, causes division. "Hate is of all things the mightiest divider." (Milton) "Money, the great divider of the world." (Swift) 4. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc, compasses. See Compasses. The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dividing | That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. Dividing sinker. <machinery> . See Sinker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dividingly | By division. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divine | 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." 2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." 3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship. 4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." 5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." "A divine sentence is in the lips of the king." (Prov. Xvi. 10) "But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given." (Gray) 6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. "Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him." (Milton) 7. Relating to divinity or theology. "Church history and other divine learning." (South) Synonym: Supernatural, superhuman, godlike, heavenly, celestial, pious, holy, sacred, preeminent. Origin: F. Divin, L. Divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. Divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr, and L. Deus, God. See Deity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| divineress | A woman who divines. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diving | That dives or is used or diving. <zoology> Diving beetle, any beetle of the family Dytiscidae, which habitually lives under water; called also water tiger. Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. Diving dress. See Submarine armor. Diving stone, a kind of jasper. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| diving reflex |
a reflex involving cardiovascular and metabolic adaptations to conserve oxygen occurring in animals during diving into water; observed in reptiles, birds, and mammals, including man.
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| diverging meniscus |
a convexoconcave lens.
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| diverticulitis |
Diverticulitis is a common disease of the bowel, in particular the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticulum becomes inflamed. In complicated diverticulitis, bacteria may subsequently infect the outside of the colon if an inflamed diverticulum bursts open. ...
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| diving reflex |
Submerging the face into water causes the mammalian diving reflex, which is found in all mammals, but especially in marine mammals as for example whales and seals. This reflex puts the body into energy saving modus to maximize the time that can be spent under water. The effect of this reflex is larger in cold water than in warm water, and includes three factors:*Bradycardia, a reduction in the heart rate of up to 50% in humans. ...
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| division |
Shipboard sub-organization of crewmembers that perform the same duty or work in the same spaces.
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| div | an infinite series that has no limit |
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| div | tending to move apart in different directions |
| div | diverging from another or from a standard |
| div | strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward |
| div | a thinker who moves away from the problem as stated and often has novel ideas and solutions |
| div | tending to move apart in different directions |
| div | a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out |
| div | many and different |
| div | distinctly dissimilar or unlike |
| div | many and different |
| div | in diverse ways |
| div | noticeable heterogeneity |