The individual is nothing. He is no more than the diatom, the bit of protoplasm.
Mrs. E. Lynn Linton.
Di`a*tom"ic (d`*tm"k), a. [Pref. di- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Containing two atoms. (b) Having two replaceable atoms or radicals.
Di*at"o*mous (?), a. [Gr. dia`tomos cut through, fr. diate`mnein to cut through; dia` through + te`mnein to cut. Cf. Diatom.] (Min.) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of crystals. Mohs.
Di`a*ton"ic (d`*tn"k), a. [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. &?;, &?;, fr. &?; to stretch out; dia` through + &?; to stretch: cf. F. diatonique. See Tone.] (Mus.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first.
Diatonic scale (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the chromatic scale.
Di`a*ton"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a diatonic manner.
Di"a*tribe (?; 277), n. [L. diatriba a learned discussion, Gr. &?;, prop., a wearing away of time, fr. &?; to rub away, spend time; dia` through + &?; to rub: cf. L. terere, F. trite: cf. F. diatribe.] A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
The ephemeral diatribe of a faction.
John Morley.
Di*at"ri*bist (?), n. One who makes a diatribe or diatribes.
||Di`a*try"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. dia` through + &?; hole.] (Paleon.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.
{ Di`a*zeuc"tic (?), Di`a*zeu"tic (?), } a. [Gr. &?; disjunctive, fr. &?; to disjoin; dia` through, asunder + &?; to join, yoke.] (Anc. Mus.) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth. [Obs.]
Di*az"o- (&?;). [Pref. di- + azo-] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively), meaning pertaining to, or derived from, a series of compounds containing a radical of two nitrogen atoms, united usually to an aromatic radical; as, diazo-benzene, C6H5.N2.OH.
Diazo compounds are in general unstable, but are of great importance in recent organic chemistry. They are obtained by a partial reduction of the salts of certain amido compounds.
Diazo reactions (Chem.), a series of reactions whereby diazo compounds are employed in substitution. These reactions are of great importance in organic chemistry.
Di*az"o*tize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.
Dib (?), v. i. To dip. [Prov. Eng.] Walton.
Dib, n. 1. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.