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d

Pronunciation: /diː/
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Definition of d

abbreviation

  • (in genealogies) daughter: Henry m. Georgina 1957, 1s 2d
  • day(s): orbital period (Mars): 687.0 d
  • [in combination] (in units of measurement) deci-.
  • (in travel timetables) departs: Plymouth d 0721
  • (d.) died (used to indicate a date of death):Barents, Willem (d.1597)
  • British penny or pence (of pre-decimal currency):£20 10s 6d
    [from Latin denarius 'penny']
  • Chemistry denoting electrons and orbitals possessing two units of angular momentum:d-electrons
    [d from diffuse, originally applied to lines in atomic spectra]

symbol

  • Mathematics diameter: the circumference of a circle is expressed by the formula πd
  • Mathematics denoting a small increment in a given variable:dy/dx

d in other Oxford dictionaries

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