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Diffuser (?), n. One who, or that which, diffuses.
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Diffusibility (?), n. The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.
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Diffusible (?), a. 1. Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.
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2. (Physiol.) Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.
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Diffusibleness, n. Diffusibility.
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Diffusion (?), n. [L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion.] 1. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.
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A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition. Burke.
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2. (Physiol.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

Syn. -- Extension; spread; propagation; circulation; expansion; dispersion.
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Diffusive (?), a. [Cf. F. diffusif.] Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. “A plentiful and diffusive perfume.” Hare.
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Diffusively, adv. In a diffusive manner.
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Diffusiveness, n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
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The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness. Addison.
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Diffusivity (?), n. Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.
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Dig (dĭg), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (dŭg) or Digged (dĭgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Digging. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see , ); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. √67.] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.
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Be first to dig the ground. Dryden.
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2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
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3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
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4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]
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You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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5. To like; enjoy; admire. The whole class digs Pearl Jam. [Colloq.]
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Coloq. To dig down , to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. -- Coloq. To dig from , Coloq. To dig out of , Coloq. To dig out , Coloq. To dig up , to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. -- Coloq. To dig in , (a) to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. (b) To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare or negotiating situations. -- Coloq. to dig in one's heels To offer stubborn resistance.
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Dig, v. i. 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.
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Dig for it more than for hid treasures. Job iii. 21.
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I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3.
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2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
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3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. [Colloq.]
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Peter dug at his books all the harder. Paul L. Ford.
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4. (Mach.) Of a tool: To cut deeply into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the work.

Coloq. To dig out , to depart; to leave, esp. hastily; decamp. [Slang, U. S.]
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dig (dĭg), v. t. 1. To understand; as, do you dig me?. [slang]
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2. To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. [slang]
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3. To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock. [slang]
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Dig, n. 1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See , v. t., 4. [Colloq.]
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2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
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3. A tool for digging. [Dial. Eng.]
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4. An act of digging.
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5. An amount to be dug.
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6. (Mining) same as .
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7. a critical and sometimes sarcastic or insulting remark, but often good-humored; as, celebrities at a roast must suffer through countless digs.
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8. An archeological excavation site.
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Digamist (?), n. [Gr. � = � twice + � to marry. Cf. .] One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond.
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Digamma (?), n. [Gr. �; � = � twice + gamma the letter Γ. So called because it resembled two gammas placed one above the other.] (Gr. Gram.) A letter (�, �) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.
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☞ This form identifies it with the Latin F, though in sound it is said to have been nearer V. It was pronounced, probably, much like the English W.

{ Digammate (?), Digammated (?), } a. Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek 'is. Andrews.
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Digamous (?), a. Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.
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Digamy (?), n. [Gr. � a second marriage; di- = dis- twice + � marriage. Cf. .] Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy. [R.]
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Digastric (?), a. [Gr. di- = dis- twice + � belly: cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.
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Digenea (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = dis- twice + � race, offspring.] (Zoöl.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.
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Digenesis (?), n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See .
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Digenous (?), a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.) Sexually reproductive.
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Coloq. Digenous reproduction . (Biol.) Same as .
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Digerent (?), . [L. digerens, p. pr. of digerere. See .] Digesting. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Digest (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Digested; p. pr. & vb. n. Digesting.] [L. digestus, p. p. of digerere to separate, arrange, dissolve, digest; di- = dis- + gerere to bear, carry, wear. See .] 1. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.
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Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair.
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We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak.
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2. (Physiol.) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
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3. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
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Feelingly digest the words you speak in prayer. Sir H. Sidney.
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How shall this bosom multiplied digest
The senate's courtesy? Shak.
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4. To appropriate for strengthening and comfort.
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Grant that we may in such wise hear them [the Scriptures], read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them. Book of Common Prayer.
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5. Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
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I never can digest the loss of most of Origin's works. Coleridge.
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6. (Chem.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
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7. (Med.) To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.
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8. To ripen; to mature. [Obs.]
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Well-digested fruits. Jer. Taylor.
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9. To quiet or abate, as anger or grief.
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Digest (?), v. i. 1. To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.
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2. (Med.) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
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Digest (?), n. [L. digestum, pl. digesta, neut., fr. digestus, p. p.: cf. F. digeste. See , v. t.] That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles; esp. (Law), A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see ), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
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A complete digest of Hindu and Mahommedan laws after the model of Justinian's celebrated Pandects. Sir W. Jones.
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They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. Burke.
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Digestedly (?), adv. In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.
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Digester (?), n. 1. One who digests.
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2. A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.
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Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great digester. Sir W. Temple.
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3. A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.
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Digestibility (?), n. The quality of being digestible.
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Digestible (?), a. [F. digestible, L. digestibilis.] Capable of being digested.
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Digestibleness, n. The quality of being digestible; digestibility.
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Digestion (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L. digestio.] 1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.
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2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.
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3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.
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Digestive (?), a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
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Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson.
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Coloq. Digestive apparatus , the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. -- Coloq. Digestive salt , the chloride of potassium.
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Digestive, n. 1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. Chaucer.
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That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. Blackw. Mag.
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2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]
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Digestor (?), n. See .
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Digesture (?; 135), n. Digestion. [Obs.] Harvey.
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Diggable (?), a. Capable of being dug.
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Digger (?), n. One who, or that which, digs.
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Coloq. Digger wasp (Zoöl.), any one of the fossorial Hymenoptera.
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Diggers (?), n. pl.; sing. Digger. (Ethnol.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.
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Digging (?), n. 1. The act or the place of digging or excavating.
Syn. -- excavation, dig.
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2. pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent]
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3. pl. Region; locality. [Low]
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4. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion).
Syn. -- ransacking, rummage.
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diggings n. temporary living quarters.
Syn. -- digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad.
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Dight (dīt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dight or Dighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dighting.] [OF. dihten, AS. dihtan to dictate, command, dispose, arrange, fr. L. dictare to say often, dictate, order; cf. G. dichten to write poetry, fr. L. dictare. See .] 1. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Archaic] “She gan the house to dight.” Chaucer.
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Two harmless turtles, dight for sacrifice. Fairfax.
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The clouds in thousand liveries dight. Milton.
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2. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Dighter (?), n. One who dights. [Obs.]
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digit (dĭjĭt), n. [L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. daktylos, of uncertain origin; possibly akin to E. toe. Cf. .] 1. (Zoöl.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.
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The ruminants have the “cloven foot,” i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot. Owen.
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2. A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.
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3. (Math.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing.
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☞ By some authorities the symbol 0 is not included with the digits.
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4. (Anat.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.
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digit, v. t. To point at or out with the finger. [R.]
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digital (dĭjĭt�l), a. [L. digitals.] 1. Of or pertaining to the fingers; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
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2. of or pertaining to digits{3}; expressed in digits{3}, or using digits{3}; as, a digital display; a digital clock.
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3. (Computers) performing internal logical and arithmetic operations by means of digits, usually represented as binary numbers. Contrasted to analog, wherein variables are represented as coninuous physical quantities such as voltages or the position of a pointer on a continuous scale; as, a digital computer.
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☞ In digital computers, physical quantities in analog form, such as images, sounds, distances, voltages, etc., must first be converted to an internal digital representation before calculations can be performed on them. The conversion may be done by the data enterer, by approximation, in the case of numerical values, or by analog-to-digital conversion in the case of light or sound intensities. The latter case uses special equipment to convert the physical impulses into a digital value, using a pre-defined encoding system.
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digital computer n. 1. (Computers) a computer that represents information by numerical digits with a fixed number of values; -- most commonly each piece of information is internally represented in binary code, as an array of , which are information units each of which can take only two values. The possible values of each are conventionally represented as the numbers 1 or 0. The bits of information are usually further organized, maniplulated, and discussed as (4 bits, rarely used), (8 bits, most commonly used), or (from 16 to 128 bits, and in the future probably more). A is usually defined as the number of bits that are processed at one time by the central procesor unit.
Syn. -- .
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digitalin (?), n. [Cf. F. digitaline.] (a) (Medicine, Pharmacy) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the “French extract,” the “German extract,” etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties. Both Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea have been used to prepare such extracts. (b) (Chem.) the distinctive chemical substance, a steroid glycoside, which is the essential ingredient of the extracts of foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C36H56O14), and is a 3-substituted diglucoside of a steroid. It is a powerful cardiac stimulant and is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3β,5β,16β)-3-[6-Deoxy-4-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-methyl-β-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-14,16-dihyroxy-card-20(22)-enolide. The related compounds and are also extracted from the foxglove. The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycosides. MI11
Syn. -- digitalinum verum, Diginorgin, Schmiedeberg's digitalin, digitalis, digitalis glycoside. [ Webster +PJC]

Digitalis (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linnæus) from its finger-shaped corolla.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove.
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2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), formerly used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc. Its use has been largely replaced by that of the pure active ingredient, . See .
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digitalisation n. same as .
Syn. -- digitalization.
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digitalization n. 1. the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders.
Syn. -- digitalisation.
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2. the effect produced by the administraation of dititalis.
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digitalize v. t. 1. to record digitally, e. g. on digital tape or compact disks.
Syn. -- digitize.
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2. to convert from a non-digital form (such as a voltage or an image or an analog recording) to a digital{2} form, for storage or transmission.
Syn. -- digitize.
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Digitaria n. a genus of plants including the crab grass (Digitaria sanguinalis); finger grass.
Syn. -- genus Digitaria.
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digitate (?), v. t. [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See .] To point out as with the finger. [R.] Robinson (Eudoxa).

{ Digitate (?), Digitated (?) }, a. [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. -- Digitately (#), adv.
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Digitation (?), n. [Cf. F. digitation.] A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
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Digitiform (?), a. [L. digitus a finger + -form.] Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.
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Digitigrade (?), a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zoöl.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
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Digitigrade, n. (Zoöl.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.
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Digitipartite (?), a. [L. digitus finger + partite.] (Bot.) Parted like the fingers.
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digitize (dĭjĭtīz), v. t. [Digit + -ize.] 1. To finger; as, to digitize a pen. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Computers) To convert (information, a signal, an image) into a form expressible in numbers or in binary notation. The original signal before digitization is usually in form. Digitization allows convenient storage, accurate reproduction, modification and other manipulations by digital computers.
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Digitorium (?), n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.] A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
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digitoxin (dĭjĭtŏksĭn), n. (Chem.) A steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance (C41H64O13), and is a 3-substituted triglucoside of a steroid, related structurally to digitalin and digoxin. It is used as a cardiotonic for treatment of certain heart conditions, such as congestive heart failure. Chemically it is (3β,5β)-3-[(O-2,6-Dideoxy-β-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-2,6-dideoxy-β-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl-(1→4)-2,6-dideoxy-β-D-ribo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-14-hydroxy-card-20(22)-enolide. The related compounds and are also extracted from the foxglove (Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea). The class of steroid glycosides having cardiotonic properties are refered to as the cardiac glycoside group. MI11

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Digitule (?), n. [L. digitulus, dim. of digitus.] (Zoöl.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.
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Digladiate (?), v. i. [L. digladiari; di- = dis- + gladius a sword.] To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently. [Obs.]
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Digladiating like Æschines and Demosthenes. Hales.
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Digladiation (?), n. Act of digladiating. [Obs.] “Sore digladiations and contest.” Evelyn.
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Diglottism (?), n. [Gr. � speaking two languages; di- = dis- twice + � tongue. See .] Bilingualism. [R.] Earle.
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Diglyph (?), n. [Gr. �; di- = dis- twice + � to hollow out, carve.] (Arch.) A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.
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Dignation (?), n. [L. dignatio.] The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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