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1. Music . from the sign. Origin: < Italian dal segno
2. Commerce . Also, D/S days after sight.
noun, plural D's or Ds, d's or ds. 1. the fourth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken
sound represented by the letter
D or
d, as in
dog, ladder, ladle, or
pulled. 3. something having the shape of a D .
4. a written or printed representation of the letter D or d.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter D or d.
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DS
—abbreviation for
1. music Also: ds dal segno
2. Detective Sergeant
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Science Dictionary
d
Abbreviation of diameter
darmstadtium (därm'shtät'ē-əm) Pronunciation Key
Symbol Ds
A synthetic radioactive element, first produced by bombarding lead atoms with nickel atoms. The isotope first synthesized has a mass number of 269 and a half-life of 0.18 milliseconds. Atomic number 110. See Periodic Table .
Ds
The symbol for darmstadtium .
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DS data set
double sided
double strength
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