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Depletion
- noun - the act of decreasing something markedly
- the state of being depleted
Desertion
- noun - the act of giving something up
- withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
Detection
- noun - a police investigation to determine the perpetrator; "detection is hard on the feet"
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- the detection that a signal is being received
- the perception that something has occurred or some state exists; "early detection can often lead to a cure"
Detention
- noun - a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
Detortion
- - The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.
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
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
Dictation
- noun - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
Diduction
- - The act of drawing apart; separation.
Digestion
- noun - learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat