| DIM | divalent ion metabolism; medium infective dose [Lat. dosis infectionis media] |
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| dim | dimension; diminished |
| DLMO | Dim Light Melatonin Onset |
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| DIM | d in milk |
| dim | 1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished. "The dim magnificence of poetry." (Whewell) "How is the gold become dim!" (Lam. Iv. 1) "I never saw The heavens so dim by day." (Shak) "Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way." (Wordsworth) 2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse. "Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow." (Job xvii. 7) "The understanding is dim." (Rogers) Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Synonym: Obscure, dusky, dark, mysterious, imperfect, dull, sullied, tarnished. Origin: AS. Dim; akin to OFries. Dim, Icel. Dimmr: cf. MHG. Timmer, timber; of uncertain origin. 1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. "A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants." (Dryden) "Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways." (Cowper) 2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of. "Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears." (C. Pitt) Origin: Dimmed; Dimming. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam darken: become or make darker; "The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown" lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music" become dim or lusterless; "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose" lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" dimmed: made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner" make dim or lusterless; "Time had dimmed the silver" black: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things" blind: make dim by comparison or conceal blur: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" dense: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
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One of Alex's droogs. He was big, stupid and strong as an ox and got dirty and bloody very fast in a scrap which annoyed Alex. His weapon of choice was a few feet of chain he kept around his waist like a belt. He liked to kick and was good at it. He became a police officer while Alex was incarcerated. He was played by Warren Clark. Pg. 1-3
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Gradually softer. Synonymous with decrescendo.
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means diamond indicator mineral.
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Diminished chord.
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