Di*plo"ma*tist (?), n. [Cf. F. diplomatiste a student of diplomatics.] A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat.
In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatists whom his country then possessed.
Macaulay.
{ ||Di*plo"pi*a (?), Dip"lo*py (?), } n. [NL. diplopia, from Gr. &?; double + the root of &?; sight: cf. F. diplopie.] (Med.) The act or state of seeing double.
In crossed or heteronymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In homonymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In vertical diplopia one image stands above the other.
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Dip"lo*pod (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the Diplopoda.
||Di*plop"o*da (?), n. pl. [Gr. &?; double + -poda.] (Zoöl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
Dip`lo*stem"o*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?; double + &?; the warp, a thread.] (Bot.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. R. Brown.
Dip`lo*stem"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being diplostemonous.
||Dip*neu"mo*na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; = &?; lung.] (Zoöl.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Written also Dipneumones.]
||Dip"no*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; &?; with two breathing apertures; di- = di`s- twice + &?; breath.] (Zoöl.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.
Dip"o*dy (?), n.; pl. Dipodies (#). [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; two-footed; di- = di`s- twice + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Pros.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. Hadley.
Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured by dipodies.
W. W. Goodwin.
Di*po"lar (?), a. [Pre. di- + polar. Cf. Bipolar.] Having two poles, as a magnetic bar.
Dip"pel's oil` (?). (Chem.) [From the name of the inventor.] See Bone oil, under Bone.
Dip"per (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.
Dip"ping, n. 1. The act or process of immersing.