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D Definition


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D1
d
noun Ds, D's, d's
    1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet.
    2a. music.
      The second note on the scale of C major;
      Form: D
    2b. music.
      The musical key which has this note as its base.
      Form: D
    3. The fourth highest grade or quality, or the mark indicating this.
      Form: D (usually)
    4. The D-shaped mark on a billiards table.
      Form: D



D2
abbreviation
    (especially US)
    1. Democrat.
    2. IVR.
      Deutschland (German), Germany.
    3. cards.
      Diamonds.
    4. physics.
      Electric displacement. See also 3-D (at three).



D3
symbol
    1. The Roman numeral for 500.
    2. chem.
      Deuterium.



d
abbreviation
    1. Daughter.
    2. Day.
    3. Dead.
    4. Deci-.
    5. Degree.
    6. Delete.
    7. denarius (Latin), (in the UK before 1971) a penny, or pence. Compare s.
    8. Depth.
    9. Diameter.
    10. Died.



electric displacement

    1. The charge per unit area that would be displaced across a layer of conductor placed across an electric field. It is measured in coulombs per square metre. Also called electric flux density.


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