Part 3136

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A building used for such an exhibition.</def>

<h1>Dioramic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di`o*ram"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a diorama.</def>

<h1>Diorism</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di"o*rism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to distinguish; <?/ = <?/ through + <?/ to divide from, fr. <?/ a boundary.]</ety> <def>Definition; logical direction.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Dioristic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di`o*ris"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Distinguishing; distinctive; defining.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Di`o*ris"tic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Diorite</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di"o*rite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>diorite</ets>. See <er>Diorism</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.</def>

<h1>Dioritic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di`o*rit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing diorite.</def>

<h1>Diorthotic</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di`or*thot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ + <?/ to set straight.]</ety> <def>Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.</def>

<h1>Dioscorea</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di`os*co"re*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. Named after <ets>Dioscorides</ets> the Greek physician.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants. See <er>Yam</er>.</def>

<h1>Diota</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*o"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ two-handled; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/, <?/, ear, handle.]</ety> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.</def>

<h1>Dioxide</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di*ox"ide</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>oxide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Carbon dioxide</col>. <cd>See <cref>Carbonic acid</cref>, under <er>Carbonic</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dioxindol</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Di`ox*in"dol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>di-</ets> + <ets>ox</ets>ygen + <ets>indol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name.</def>

<h1>Dip</h1> <Xpage=415>

<hw>Dip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dipped</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Dipt</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dipping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>dippen</ets>, <ets>duppen</ets>, AS. <ets>dyppan</ets>; akin to Dan. <ets>dyppe</ets>, Sw. <ets>doppa</ets>, and to AS. <ets>d<?/pan</ets> to baptize, OS. <ets>d<?/pian</ets>, D. <ets>doopen</ets>, G. <ets>taufen</ets>, Sw. <ets>d\'94pa</ets>, Goth. <ets>daupjan</ets>, Lith. <ets>dubus</ets> deep, hollow, OSlav. <ets>dupl<?/</ets> hollow, and to E. <ets>dive</ets>. Cf. <er>Deep</er>, <er>Dive</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.</def>