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Dias

or Di·az

[ dee-uhs; Portuguese dee-uhsh ]

noun

  1. Bar·tho·lo·me·u [bah, r, -t, oo, -l, oo, -, me, -, oo], c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.


Dias

/ ˈdiəʃ; ˈdiːəs /

noun

  1. DiasBartholomeu?14501500MPortugueseTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Bartholomeu (ˌbərtuluˈmeu). ?1450–1500, Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route from Europe to the East via the Cape of Good Hope (1488)


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Superconducting at up to about –11° C, Dias’s yttrium-hydrogen superconductor is one of the highest-temperature superconductors known.

Dias and Zurek also reported their results March 19 in Physical Review Letters.

While Dias’s carbon, sulfur and hydrogen superconductor is still the temperature record-holder, the new material requires a significantly lower pressure — although at 182 gigapascals, it’s still no simple squeeze.

Still, Dias and his colleagues believe their findings can be recreated in let’s just say “slightly” less high-pressure situations, particularly if they can change the chemistry of their shocking invention.

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Future work will focus on describing the material more completely, Dias says.

From 1981 to 2009, the current Rear Admiral worked at the Marcilio Dias Hospital where she reached the post of Deputy Director.

Lafuente y Zamlloa, M. Historia-general de Espaa, desde los tiempos mas remotos hasta nuestros dias.

At the hall's center was a low dias, and in a semicircle around and behind it stood a half-hundred great crocodilian shapes.

"Buenos Dias, Señores," said Maraquando, as the young men arose from their meal.

As he rode up, he saluted me with Buenos dias Señor, which means 'good day sir.'

Acabaron se a veynte dias del mes de octubre Año del señor de Mill & quarto cientos & nouenta & quarto folio.

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