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  • critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
  • cross-validation — a process by which a method that works for one sample of a population is checked for validity by applying the method to another sample from the same population.
  • crystal detector — a demodulator, used esp in microwave circuits and in early radio receivers, consisting of a thin metal wire in point contact with a semiconductor crystal
  • dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
  • data abstraction — (data)   Any representation of data in which the implementation details are hidden (abstracted). Abstract data types and objects are the two primary forms of data abstraction.
  • data compression — the act of compressing.
  • data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
  • database manager — a person in charge of designing, maintaining, and controlling a database
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
  • deboursification — (jargon)   Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
  • decentralisation — Alternative spelling of decentralization.
  • dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
  • degenerate state — a state of a system characterized by a set of quantum numbers and represented by an eigenfunction. The energy of each state is precise within the limits imposed by the uncertainty principle but may be changed by applying a field of force. States that have the same energy are called degenerate
  • dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
  • deindustrialised — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialise.
  • deindustrialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialize.
  • deliberativeness — The state or quality of being deliberative.
  • delta conversion — delta reduction
  • demilitarisation — The removal of a military force, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
  • demineralisation — Alternative spelling of demineralization.
  • demonstrableness — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
  • depart this life — to die
  • department store — A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.
  • departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
  • departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • dew-point spread — the degrees of difference between the air temperature and the dew point
  • diamond district — the part of a town where diamond merchants and jewellers have their businesses
  • diastereoisomers — Plural form of diastereoisomer.
  • digital research — (company)   The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
  • dinosaurs mating — (humour)   The activity said to occur when yet another big iron merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the mainframe industry. Also described as "elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level, with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future. In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "IBM and the Seven Dwarves": Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. Early on, RCA sold out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull. Univac in turn merged with Sperry to form Sperry/Univac, which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form Unisys in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined). In 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR, only to spit it out again in 1996. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in 1988 and later others. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable.
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • diplomatic corps — the entire body of diplomats accredited to and resident at a court or capital.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • director's chair — a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.
  • disaccreditation — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
  • disappearing act — magic trick
  • discriminability — The condition of being discriminable.
  • discriminatingly — With discrimination.
  • discriminatorily — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
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