<hw>Di*gyn"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ a woman, a female.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A Linn\'91an order of plants having two styles.</def>
<h1>Digynian, Digynous</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw><hw>Di*gyn"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dig"y*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>digyne</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles.</def>
<h1>Dihedral</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di*he"dral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ a seat, bottom, base, fr. <?/ to sit. Cf. <er>Diedral</er>.]</ety> <def>Having two plane faces; <as>as, the <ex>dihedral</ex> summit of a crystal</as>.</def>
<cs><col>Dihedral angle</col>, <cd>the angular space contained between planes which intersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes.</cd></cs>
<h1>Dihedron</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di*he"dron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dihedral</er>.]</ety> <def>A figure with two sides or surfaces.</def>
<i>Buchanan.</i>
<h1>Dihexagonal</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di`hex*ag"o*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>hexagonal</ets>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a <i>dihexagonal</i> pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having twelve similar faces; <as>as, a <ex>dihexagonal</ex> prism</as>.</def>
<h1>Diiamb</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di`i*amb"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A diiambus.</def>
<h1>Diiambus</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di`i*am"bus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/. See <er>Lambus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (<?/ <?/ <?/ <?/).</def>
<h1>Diiodide</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di*i"o*dide</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>iod</ets>ine.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also <altname>biniodide</altname>.</def>
<h1>Diisatogen</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di`i*sat"o*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>isat</ets>ine + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.</def>
<h1>Dijudicant</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di*ju"di*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dijudicans</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>One who dijudicates.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Wood.</i>
<h1>Dijudicate</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di*ju"di*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dijudicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dijucating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>dijudicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dijudicare</ets> to decide; <ets>di- = dis-</ets> + <ets>judicare</ets> to judge.]</ety> <def>To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Hales.</i>
<h1>Dijudication</h1> <Xpage=412>
<hw>Di*ju`di*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dijudicatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of dijudicating; judgment.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Cockeram.</i>
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