dee

[dee]

dee

[dee]
noun
1.
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear: to hang wire cutters from a dee on a saddle.
2.
Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

Origin:
1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

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Dee is always a great word to know.
So is wave. Does it mean:
a progressive disturbance propagated in a medium without progress or advance by the points themselves, as in the transmission of sound or light
the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force
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Dee

[dee]
noun
1.
John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
2.
a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.
3.
a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. about 70 miles (110 km) long.
4.
a male or female given name.
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dee (diː)
 
vb
a Scot word for die

Dee1 (diː)
 
n
1.  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)
2.  a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)
3.  a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

Dee2 (diː)
 
n
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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