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Dissimilationnounbreakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energyverified
Dissimulatornouna person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesverified
Dissociationnouna state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independentlyverified
Dissociative DisordernounMWEdissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break downverified
Dissolutionnounthe termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)verified
Distal Muscular DystrophynounMWEa form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legsverified
Distance VectornounMWEDistance vectors measure the cost of routes to determine the best route to all known networks.Metric
Distinguished NamenounMWEA unique name or character string that unambiguously identifies an entity according to the hierarchical naming conventions of X.500 directory service.Credential
Distinguishing IdentifiernounMWEInformation which unambiguously distinguishes an entity in the authentication process.CredentialRestrictedPII
Distomatosisnouna disease of the liver (especially in sheep and cattle) caused by liver flukes and their by-productsverified
Distortionnounan optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good imageverified
Distractionnounan entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexationsverified
Distraintnounthe seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claimverified
Distress CallnounMWEan internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is neededverified
Distress SignalnounMWEan internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is neededverified
Distributarynouna branch of a river that flows away from the main stream and does not rejoin itverified
Distributed Data ProcessingnounMWEdata processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilitiesverified
distributed denial of servicenounMWEA Denial of Service technique that uses numerous hosts to perform the attack.Threat
Distributed denial of service (DDoS)nounMWEA type of attack that makes a computer resource or resources unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DDoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a group that intends to affect an institution's reputation by preventing an Internet site, service, or application from functioning efficiently.Threat
Distributed environmentnounMWEA computer system with data and program components physically distributed across more than one computer.System
Distributed ScansnounMWEDistributed Scans are scans that use multiple source addresses to gather information.Capability
Distributernounelectrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequenceverified
Distributionnoun(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrenceverified
Distribution ChannelnounMWEa way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributorsverified
Distribution CostnounMWEany cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc)verified
Distribution Free StatisticnounMWEa statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawnverified
Distribution LawnounMWE(chemistry) the total energy in an assembly of molecules is not distributed equally but is distributed around an average value according to a statistical distributionverified
Distributional RobustnessnounMWEOptimizing the predictive accuracy for a whole class of distributions instead of just a single target distribution.Capability
Distributornounelectrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequenceverified
Distributor CamnounMWEthe cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct orderverified
Distributor CapnounMWEthe cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugsverified
Disturbance of the PeacenounMWEany act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitledverified
Ditanounevergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymesverified
Dita BarknounMWEevergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymesverified
Ditch FernnounMWElarge deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted frondsverified
Ditch ReednounMWEtall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike paniclesverified
Dithered ColornounMWEa color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired colorverified
Dithered ColournounMWEa color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired colorverified
Ditheringnounthe process of representing intermediate colors by patterns of tiny colored dots that simulate the desired colorverified
DittanynounEurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weatherverified