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dee

[ dee ]
/ di /
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noun

a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear: to hang wire cutters from a dee on a saddle.
Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

Nearby words

  1. deduction theorem,
  2. deductive,
  3. deductively,
  4. deduplicate,
  5. dedéagach,
  6. dee, john,
  7. deed,
  8. deed box,
  9. deed poll,
  10. deejay

Origin of dee

First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

Definition for dee (2 of 2)

Dee

[ dee ]
/ di /

noun

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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British Dictionary definitions for dee (1 of 3)

dee

/ (diː) /

verb

a Scot word for die 1

British Dictionary definitions for dee (2 of 3)

Dee

1
/ (diː) /

noun

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)

Dee

2
/ (diː) /

noun

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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