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Detrition
- noun - effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
- erosion by friction
- the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
Detrusion
- - The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Detusking
- verb - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"
Deucalion
- unknown - son of Prometheus, associated with the flood in Greek mythology.
Deuterium
- noun - an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)
Deutoxide
- - A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.
Devaluing
- verb - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
- lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
- remove the value from; deprive of its value
Deveining
- verb - remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
Deviating
- verb - be at variance with; be out of line with
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
- turn aside; turn away from
Deviation
- noun - a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
- a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean"
- deviate behavior
- the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances