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din

1[din] noun, verb, dinned, din·ning.
noun
1.
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
verb (used with object)
2.
to assail with din.
3.
to sound or utter with clamor or persistent repetition.

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banal, trite, or stale thought or remark
malicious talk
verb (used without object)
4.
to make a din.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English din(e) (noun), Old English dyne, dynn; cognate with Old Norse dynr noise, Old High German tuni, Sanskrit dhuni roaring


1. uproar. See noise.

Example Sentences
  • The din didn't change the course of the match.
  • The din was sometimes worse on the platforms, topping out at 102 decibels.
  • In this earsplitting din of pop-music, patrons drank more in less time.
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din

2[din]
noun (used with a plural verb) Islam.
religion, especially the religious observances of a Muslim.


Origin:
< Arabic dīn religion < Persian dēn

DIN

Photography.
a designation, originating in Germany, of the speed of a particular film emulsion.

Origin:
< German D(eutsche) I(ndustrie) N(ormen) German industrial standards (later construed as Das ist Norm that is (the) standard), registered mark of the German Institute for Standardization

Din.

(in Yugoslavia) dinar; dinars.
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din1 (dɪn)
 
n
1.  a loud discordant confused noise
 
vb (usually foll by into) , dins, dinning, dinned
2.  to instil (into a person) by constant repetition
3.  (tr) to subject to a din
4.  (intr) to make a din
 
[Old English dynn; compare Old Norse dynr, Old High German tuni]

din2 (dɪn)
 
n
1.  a particular religious law; the halacha about something
2.  the ruling of a Beth Din or religious court
 
[from Hebrew, literally: judgment]

din3 (diːn)
 
n
Islam religion in general, esp the beliefs and obligations of Islam
 
[Arabic, related to dain debt]

DIN (dɪn)
 
n
1.  Compare ISO rating a formerly used logarithmic expression of the speed of a photographic film, plate, etc, given as --10log10E, where E is the exposure of a point 0.1 density units above the fog level; high-speed films have high numbers
2.  a system of standard plugs, sockets, and cables formerly used for interconnecting domestic audio and video equipment
 
[C20: from German D(eutsche) I(ndustrie) N(orm) German Industry Standard]

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din
O.E. dyne (n.), dynian (v.), from P.Gmc. *duniz, from PIE base *dhun- "loud noise" (cf. Skt. dhuni "roaring, a torrent").
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DIN definition


Deutsche Institut fuer Normung. The German standardisation body, a member of ISO.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
din
dining room
Din
dinar
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