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| DETERMINISM | | n. Doctrine that human actions, events, etc. Are determined by causes external to the will. determinist n. & adj. Deterministic adj. Deterministically adv. | |
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| DEUTSCHMARK | | n. (also deutsche mark) chief monetary unit of germany. [german: related to *mark2] | |
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| DEVASTATING | | adj. Crushingly effective; overwhelming. devastatingly adv. | |
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| DEVELOPMENT | | area n. Area where new industries are encouraged by the state.
- n. - developing or being developed.
- a stage of growth or advancement. B thing that has developed; new event or circumstance etc. (latest developments).
- full-grown state.
- developed land; group of buildings. developmental adj. | |
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| DIACRITICAL | | —adj. Distinguishing, distinctive. —n. (in full diacritical mark or sign) = *diacritic. | |
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| DIAGNOSTICS | | n. - (treated as pl.) Computing programs etc. Used to identify faults in hardware or software.
- (treated as sing.) Science of diagnosing disease. | |
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| DIALECTICAL | | adj. Of dialectic. dialectically adv.
- materialism n. Marxist theory that political and historical events are due to the conflict of social forces arising from economic conditions. | |
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| DIAMETRICAL | | adj. (also diametric) 1 of or along a diameter.
- (of opposites etc.) Absolute. diametrically adv. [greek: related to *diameter] | |
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| DIAPOSITIVE | | n. Positive photographic slide or transparency. | |
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| DICHROMATIC | | adj. - two-coloured.
- having vision sensitive to only two of the three primary colours. | |
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