d-o

Letter

(upper case, lower case d)

The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Number

(upper case, lower case d)

The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

Origin

Old English upper case letter D from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

Abbreviations

Defense.
(US politics) Democrat, especially preceding the constituent location.
D-New York
Divorced.
Down (direction).
Drive, the setting of an automatic transmission.
(printing) Duodecimo, as adopted by the American Library Association.
Dutch language.
(with “The”) The City of Detroit.
Dick; penis.
She wants the D!
(electronics) Data.

Origin

Various abbreviations

Noun

(plural Ds)

(snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.

Origin

From the shape of the upper case letter "D"

Noun

(plural Ds)

a grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C

Origin

From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

Abbreviations

Symbol

(inorganic chemistry) A molecule of heavy water, comprising two deuterium atoms and an oxygen atom.
(informal, uncountable) heavy water

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