dee
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear: The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.
Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.
Origin of dee
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John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.
a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.
a male or female given name.
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How to use dee in a sentence
dee and Pyne estimate that a single offense processed through STAR costs about $150, compared with the roughly $600 it costs to process one through the criminal justice system.
How having health care workers handle nonviolent police calls may impact crime | Sujata Gupta | June 8, 2022 | Science NewsOn three of the finds, Kuitems, dee and their team identified an annual growth rings in the wood that showed a signature spike in radiocarbon levels.
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Cities Are Eyeing Shelters for Their Homeless Populations | Lisa Halverstadt | November 22, 2021 | Voice of San Diego“We wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for how involved they had been,” dee said.
Cities Are Eyeing Shelters for Their Homeless Populations | Lisa Halverstadt | November 22, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoWithin dee’s alchemical manuscript was a cipher table, followed by encrypted ciphertext under the heading “Hermeticae Philosophiae medulla”—or Marrow of the Hermetic Philosophy.
Deciphering the Philosophers’ Stone: How Scientists Cracked a 400-Year-Old Alchemical Cipher | Richard Bean | October 28, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of dee dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPromo shots for dee dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTdee dee candles, rosaries, shirts and prints are offered for sale near the gallery's door as a kind of consolation.
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRuby dee, the legendary actress, poet, and Civil Rights activist, passed away on Wednesday in New York.
Spike Lee’s Tribute to Ruby Dee: ‘A Living Example That One Could Be An Artist and Activist’ | Marlow Stern | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTdee was married to Ossie Davis, the actor, activist, and WWII veteran, from 1948 until his death in 2005.
Spike Lee’s Tribute to Ruby Dee: ‘A Living Example That One Could Be An Artist and Activist’ | Marlow Stern | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the sea-margin of the tongue of land between the rivers Mersey and dee, the sand has been thrown up in domes.
Mists trailed low along the sides of the Dasar-dee-ash Mountains across the lake, and hid their snowy summits from view.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonShe was certainly more liberal to dee than to many of her servants who were much more deserving.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport AdamsHe was suspected of coining false money, but Dr. dee declares he was innocent.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adamsdee pursued a shadow which he believed to be a substance; Kelly knew that the shadow was nothing more than a shadow.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams
British Dictionary definitions for dee (1 of 3)
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a Scot word for die 1
British Dictionary definitions for Dee (2 of 3)
/ (diː) /
a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)
a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
British Dictionary definitions for Dee (3 of 3)
/ (diː) /
John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English
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