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dia-

a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek (diabetes; dialect) and used, in the formation of compound words, to mean “passing through” (diathermy), “thoroughly,” “completely” (diagnosis), “going apart” (dialysis), and “opposed in moment” (diamagnetism).
Also, especially before a vowel, di-.


Origin:
< Gk, comb. form repr. diá (prep.) through, between, across, by, of, akin to dýo two and di- di- 1

dia.

di.

Also, dia.

DIA

See Diamond.


Main Entry: dia
Function: abbreviation
1 diameter
2 diathermy
Language Translation for : dia
Spanish: día,
German: der Tag,
Japanese: 日中
DIA
  1. Defense Intelligence Agency
  2. document interchange architecture
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