- any of various kinds of pulse used as food in India
- a dish of India made by simmering this in water with spices, herbs, oil, onions, etc. to a thick, mushy consistency and served as with chapatis or rice
Origin of dal
Hindi d?ldal
dekaliter(s)
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dal
noun
Variant of dahl
abbreviation
decaliter
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dal - Computer Definition
(1) (Dedicated Access Line) A private "tie line" between a customer and the telephone company.
(2) (Data Access Language) A database interface from Apple that allows the Mac to access DAL-supported databases on Macs or non-Apple computers. It is a superset of SQL. Database vendors license the specs and translate DAL calls to their database engines.
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Sentence Examples
- Toscanelli e la Toscana dal 1815 al 1862 (Rome, 1909).
- Bertolini, Storia d'Italia dal 1814 al 1878.
- The Viscontis own generals, Facino Cane, Pandolfo Malatesta, Jacopo dal Verme, Gabrino Fondulo, Ottobon Terzo, seized upon the tyranny of several Lombard cities.
- Feola, Rapporto sullo stab dei ruderi Augusto-Tiberiani - MS. inedito, publicato dal Dott.
- It is the work of the sculptor dal Zotto.
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