DDD

American

abbreviation

Chemistry.

dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane: a colorless or white crystalline metabolite of DDT, C 14 H 10 Cl 4 , used as an insecticide: agricultural use is prohibited in the United States.

Etymology

Origin of DDD

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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The researchers tested AIM's clinical exome reanalysis on a dataset of UDN and DDD cases and found that it was able to correctly identify 57% of diagnosable cases.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

The brand has historically offered up to a size DDD, with sizes in the D range difficult to find in stock.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2021

Among these living carriers were fish that had hatched nine months after the last application of DDD.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

We often celebrate new-found “images” from this or that photographer, but DDD has never received the recognition he truly deserves.

From Time • Jan. 23, 2016

Although the California Department of Public Health professed to see no hazard, nevertheless in 1959 it required that the use of DDD in the lake be stopped.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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