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8270 | December 25 | <!-- Do NOT add the birth of Jesus here; his birthday is not verified as actually having taken place on December 25. Christmas is listed in "Holidays and observances" below. -->
Events
Pre-1600
*36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_25 | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.380568 |
8271 | Digital television | standards]]
Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advancement and represented the first significant evolution in televis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.411075 |
8274 | Declaration of Arbroath | ' copy of the Declaration from 1320, in the National Archives of Scotland]]
The Declaration of Arbroath (; ; ) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII. It constituted King Robert I's response to his excommunication for disobeying... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.424397 |
8276 | Digital data | Digital}}
. The time shown by the digits on the face at any instant is digital data. The actual precise time is analog data. ]]
Digital data, in information theory and information systems, is information represented as a string of discrete symbols, each of which can take on one of only a finite number of values from s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_data | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.430114 |
8278 | Deduction | Deduction may refer to:
Philosophy
Deductive reasoning, the mental process of drawing inferences in which the truth of their premises ensures the truth of their conclusion
Natural deduction, a class of proof systems based on simple and self-evident rules of inference that aim to closely mirror how reasoning actual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deduction | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.431163 |
8280 | Demon | }}
Evil Spirit (film)|the album|Evil Spirits (album)Evil Spirits (album)}}
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IMPORTANT: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a fan site. Only notable demons should be posted here – demons are common in fiction, and there could be a countless number of demons. Only add demons that are most notable. For more information ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.482796 |
8286 | Domino effect | thumb|A falling line of dominoes, each knocking the next over
A domino effect is the cumulative effect produced when one event sets off a series of similar or related events, a form of chain reaction. The term is an analogy to a falling row of dominoes. It typically refers to a linked sequence of events where the time ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_effect | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.487025 |
8293 | Diffusion pump | right|250 px|thumb|Six inch oil diffusion pump.
thumb|Ulvac oil diffusion pump cutaway
Diffusion pumps use a high speed jet of vapor to direct gas molecules in the pump throat down into the bottom of the pump and out the exhaust. They were the first type of high vacuum pumps operating in the regime of free molecular fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_pump | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.491439 |
8299 | Domenico Alberti | Domenico Alberti (c. 1710 – 14 October 1746 (according to other sources: 1740 and studied music with Antonio Lotti. He wrote operas, songs, and sonatas for keyboard instruments, for which he is best known today. His sonatas frequently employ arpeggiated accompaniment in the left hand in one of several patterns that are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Alberti | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.493593 |
8300 | Doris Day | | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Carmel Valley, California, U.S.
| known_for | occupation
| years_active = 1937–2012
| spouse =
*
*
* }}
| children = Terry Melcher
| website =
| signature = Doris Day signature.svg
}}
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.903780 |
8301 | Distillation | Distill (album)|Distill (journal)Distill (journal)|Distillate (motor fuel)}}
s or mechanical stirring machine)<br />16: the distillate-cooling water bath. Distillation provides a convenient and time-tested solution to separate a diversity of chemicals in a continuous manner with high purity. However, distillation has ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distillation | 2025-04-05T18:28:32.954524 |
8302 | David Hilbert | | birth_place = Königsberg or Wehlau, Kingdom of Prussia
| death_date
| death_place = Göttingen, Nazi Germany
| field = Mathematics, physics, philosophy
| work_institutions = University of Königsberg<br />Göttingen University
| education = University of Königsberg (PhD)
| thesis_title = On Invariant Properties of Spec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hilbert | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.004472 |
8303 | Down syndrome | {{Infobox medical condition
| name = Down syndrome
| image = Boy with Down Syndrome.JPG <!-- Do not change this picture without discussing it in the Down syndrome discussion page. Because of continued vandalism, pictures will be immediately reverted. -->
| alt = Eight year old boy with Down syndrome
| caption = An eigh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.129331 |
8305 | Dyslexia | Classification
Dyslexia is divided into developmental and acquired forms. Acquired dyslexia occurs subsequent to neurological insult, such as traumatic brain injury or stroke. People with acquired dyslexia exhibit some of the signs or symptoms of the developmental disorder, but require different assessment strategies ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyslexia | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.216083 |
8308 | Delft | | coordinates_footnotes | subdivision_type Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = South Holland
| seat_type = City Hall
| seat = Delft City Hall
| government_footnotes
| governing_body = Municipal council
| leader_party = CDA
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name =... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delft | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.283123 |
8309 | Duesberg hypothesis | The Duesberg hypothesis is the claim that AIDS is not caused by HIV, but instead that AIDS is caused by noninfectious factors such as recreational and pharmaceutical drug use and that HIV is merely a harmless passenger virus. The most prominent supporters of the hypothesis are Duesberg himself, biochemist and vitamin p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duesberg_hypothesis | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.330078 |
8310 | DSL (disambiguation) | DSL or digital subscriber line is a family of technologies that provide digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network.
DSL may also refer to:
Damn Small Linux, a very small Linux distribution
Danish Sign Language
Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China
Definitive software library
De... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.372150 |
8311 | Dinosaur | (possible Middle Triassic record)
| image =
| display_parents = 7
| taxon = Dinosauria
| authority = Owen, 1842
| subdivision_ranks = Major groups
| subdivision = *Ornithischia
*Saurischia
**Sauropodomorpha
**Theropoda
***Various extinct groups
***Aves (birds)
*Agnosphytis?
*Alwalkeria
*Chilesaurus
*Chindesaurus
*Dae... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.655693 |
8315 | Diamagnetism | has one of the largest diamagnetic constants of any room temperature material. Here a pyrolytic carbon sheet is levitated by its repulsion from the strong magnetic field of neodymium magnets]]
Diamagnetism is the property of materials that are repelled by a magnetic field; an applied magnetic field creates an induced ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamagnetism | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.700549 |
8317 | Duke of Marlborough (title) | <br />Earl of Marlborough<br />Baron Spencer (from 1733)<br />Baron Churchill of Sandridge
| extinction_date | family_seat Blenheim Palace
| former_seat | motto
| footnotes =
}}
Duke of Marlborough (<small>pronounced</small> ) is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by Queen Anne in 1702 for John Churc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Marlborough_(title) | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.762449 |
8322 | December 17 | EventsPre-1600
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*497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.
* 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison.
* 920 – Romanos I Lekapenos is crowne... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17 | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.827392 |
8324 | Difference engine | 's difference engine, the first one built from Babbage's design. It has the same precision on all columns, except in calculating polynomials, the precision on the higher-order columns could be lower.]]
A difference engine is an automatic mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions. It was designed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.869383 |
8326 | Draupnir | thumb|Draupnir multiplying itself
thumb|upright|The third gift — an enormous hammer (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith. The ring Draupnir is visible among other creations by the Sons of Ivaldi.
In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse: , "the dripper") is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draupnir | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.898007 |
8327 | Dromi | Dromi () is a Hebrew surname. Notable people with the surname include:
(1985–2015), Israeli journalist , publicist and TV presenter
Pnina Dromi, birth name of Pnina Gary Israeli actress and theatre director
Roberto José Dromi (1945–2024) Argentinian politician and lawyer
Shai Dromi, Israeli farmer who shot and killed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromi | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.918723 |
8328 | Divergence | 500px|thumb|upright1.75|alt A vector field with diverging vectors, a vector field with converging vectors, and a vector field with parallel vectors that neither diverge nor converge|The divergence of different vector fields. The divergence of vectors from point (x,y) equals the sum of the partial derivative-with-respec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergence | 2025-04-05T18:28:33.957639 |
8334 | December 18 | Events
Pre-1600
*1118 – The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid.
*1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
*1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18 | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.087427 |
8336 | Decision problem | thumb|200px|A decision problem has only two possible outputs (yes or no) on any input.
In computability theory and computational complexity theory, a decision problem is a computational problem that can be posed as a yes–no question based on the given input values. An example of a decision problem is deciding with the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_problem | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.131694 |
8339 | Domain Name System | | based on | influenced
| osilayer = Application layer
| ports = 53
| rfcs = RFC 1034, RFC 1035
| hardware =
}}
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service that provides a naming system for computers, services, and other resources on the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.183314 |
8340 | David Letterman | |birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
|medium =
|alma_mater = Ball State University (BA)
|active = 1970–present
|genre =
| subject =
|spouse |}}
|children = 1
|notable_work
|signature = David Letterman Autograph.svg
}}
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, come... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.266080 |
8341 | Delroy Lindo | | birth_place = Lewisham, London, England
| education =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1975–present
| spouse =
| children = 1
}}
Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English–American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Dra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delroy_Lindo | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.350248 |
8343 | David Janssen | | birth_place = Naponee, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_date
| death_place = Malibu, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
| years_active = 1945–1980
| occupation = Actor
| family | spouse
*
}}
}}
David Janssen (born David Harold Meyer; March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Janssen | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.387706 |
8344 | Docetism | In the history of Christianity, docetism (from the dokeĩn "to seem", dókēsis "apparition, phantom") was the doctrine that the phenomenon of Jesus, his historical and bodily existence, and above all the human form of Jesus, was mere semblance without any true reality. Broadly, it is taken as the belief that Jesus only s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docetism | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.422923 |
8347 | Drachma | Drachma may refer to:
Ancient drachma, an ancient Greek currency
Modern drachma, a modern Greek currency (1833...2002)
Cretan drachma, currency of the former Cretan State
Drachma proctocomys, moth species, the only species in the Genus Drachma
See also
Dram (disambiguation)
Dirham | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drachma | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.443875 |
8349 | Denarius | thumb|Denarius of Mark Antony and Octavian, struck at Ephesus in 41 BC. The coin commemorated the two men's defeat of Brutus and Cassius a year earlier as well as celebrating the new Second Triumvirate.|360x360px
thumb|right|Top row (left to right): 157 BC Roman Republic, 73 AD Vespasian, 161 AD Marcus Aurelius, 194 AD... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.526772 |
8350 | Della Rovere | |titles* Pope (not hereditary)
* Duke of Urbino
* Duke of Sora
* Lord of Pesaro
* Lord of Senigallia
* Lord of Vinovo
* Count of Vinovo|styles|founded14th century|founderLeonardo Beltramo della Rovere|current head|final headVittoria della Rovere, died 1694|deposition}}
The House of Della Rovere (; literally "of the oa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Della_Rovere | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.550396 |
8351 | David Mamet | |birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|occupation =
|notableworks The Duck Variations (1971)<br /> Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974)<br />Glengarry Glen Ross (1983)
|period = 1970–present
|spouse =
*
}}
|children 4, including Zosia Mamet and Clara Mamet
|education = Goddard College (BA)
|signature = David Mamet S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.641985 |
8352 | December 6 | Events
Pre-1600
*1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
*1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
*1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_6 | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.699876 |
8353 | December 5 | Events
Pre-1600
63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.
1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many.
1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_5 | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.840559 |
8354 | December 4 | Events
Pre-1600
* 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
* 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination.
*1110 – An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_4 | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.924534 |
8355 | December 3 | Events
Pre-1600
* 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).
1601–1900
*1775 – American Revolutionary War: becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
*1799 – War of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_3 | 2025-04-05T18:28:34.986002 |
8356 | December 2 | Events
Pre-1600
*1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
*1409 – The University of Leipzig opens.1601–1900*1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
*1763 – Dedication of the Touro ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2 | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.100455 |
8357 | December 1 | Events
Pre-1600
* 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.
*1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
*1577 – Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Qu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_1 | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.187367 |
8359 | December 24 | Events
Pre-1600
* 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
* 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
* 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
* 971 – Battle of Ayn Shams: The Fati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_24 | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.250086 |
8360 | December 26 | Events
Pre-1600
* 887 – Berengar I is elected as king of Italy by the lords of Lombardy. He is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy at Pavia.
*1481 – Battle of Westbroek: An army of 4,000 to 5,000 soldiers raised by David of Burgundy, Bishop of Utrecht, attacks an armed mob of people from nearby Utrecht ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_26 | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.314849 |
8361 | Definable real number | is equal to the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of length 1 and is therefore a constructible number]]
Informally, a definable real number is a real number that can be uniquely specified by its description. The description may be expressed as a construction or as a formula of a formal language. F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definable_real_number | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.339672 |
8362 | Diego de Almagro | 1475
|birth_place Malagón
or Almagro, Crown of Castile
|death_date = July 8,
|death_place = Cuzco, New Castile, Spanish Empire
|known_for = Exploration of the Kuna<br>Conquest of Peru<br>Discovery of Chile
|occupation = Conquistador
|nationality = Castilian
|father = Juan de Montenegro
|mother = Elvira Gutiérrez
|spo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Almagro | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.396308 |
8363 | Divinity | }}
, Minerva, and Venus), by Isaac Oliver, ]]
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity. What is or is not divine may be loosely defined, as it is used by different belief systems. Under monotheism and polytheism this is clearly delineated. However, in pantheis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.424861 |
8367 | Depth of field | showing the defocused effect of a shallow depth of field on a tilted page of text]]
The depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and the farthest objects that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image captured with a camera. See also the closely related depth of focus.
Factors affecting depth of field... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depth_of_field | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.506291 |
8368 | Dumnonii | The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a British tribe who inhabited Dumnonia, the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset) in the further parts of the South West peninsula of Britain, from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period. They were bordered to the east by the D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumnonii | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.539409 |
8372 | Declaration of independence | A declaration of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another state or failed state, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state. In 2010, the UN's International... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_independence | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.754299 |
8373 | Drag racing | 300px|thumb|The Christmas tree counting down at Saskatchewan International Raceway, outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Note the blinder, to prevent the driver from being distracted by the lights from the other lane.
Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_racing | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.828867 |
8375 | Draugr | The draugr or draug (; ; ; Danish and ; , drög)
In the Icelandic sagas, from which most modern interest is garnered, draugrs live in their graves or royal palaces, often guarding treasure buried in their burial mound. They are revenants, or animated corpses, rather than ghosts, which possess intangible spiritual bodie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugr | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.901066 |
8376 | Day | A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours (86,400 seconds). As a day passes at a given location it experiences morning, afternoon, evening, and night. This daily cycle drives circadian rhythms in many organisms, which are vital to many life processes.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.954254 |
8377 | Database | select statement and its result|upright=1.35]]
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze the data. The DBMS additio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database | 2025-04-05T18:28:35.991966 |
8378 | Dipole | has a south magnetic pole near its north geographic pole and a north magnetic pole near its South Pole.]]
In physics, a dipole ( ()|twice|| ()|axis}}) is an electromagnetic phenomenon which occurs in two ways:
* An electric dipole deals with the separation of the positive and negative electric charges found in any ele... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.007582 |
8386 | Dynamics | Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός dynamikos "powerful", from δύναμις dynamis "power") or dynamic may refer to:
Physics and engineering
Dynamics (mechanics), the study of forces and their effect on motion
Brands and enterprises
Dynamic (record label), an Italian record label in Genoa
Mathematics
Dynamical system, a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.031050 |
8387 | Draught beer | Draught beer, also spelt<!---This is the correct spelling in British English, in which this article is written, please do not change or remove this note.--> draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also known as
Name
Until Joseph Bramah ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draught_beer | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.039529 |
8388 | Director | Director may refer to:
Literature
Director (magazine), a British magazine
The Director (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
The Director (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
Director (band), an Irish rock band
Director (Avant album) (2006)
Director (Yonatan Gat album)
Occupations and positions
Arts and d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.044862 |
8389 | Major depressive disorder | }}
Risk factors include a family history of the condition, major life changes, childhood traumas, environmental lead exposure, certain medications, chronic health problems, and substance use disorders. Depressed people may be preoccupied with or ruminate over thoughts and feelings of worthlessness, inappropriate guil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.178755 |
8391 | Diana (mythology) | , 50–51 BCE]]
Diana; conservative pronunciation: . The name was also written as Deiana by the Romans.}} is a goddess in Roman religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(mythology) | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.229967 |
8396 | December 11 | Events
Pre-1600
* 220 – Emperor Xian of Han is forced to abdicate the throne by Cao Cao's son Cao Pi, ending the Han dynasty.
* 361 – Julian enters Constantinople as sole Roman Emperor.
* 861 – Assassination of the Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil by the Turkish guard, who raise al-Muntasir to the throne,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_11 | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.293905 |
8397 | Danny Elfman | | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation =
| years_active = 1971–present
| spouse
| children = 3
| mother = Blossom Elfman
| relatives = Richard Elfman (brother)<br>Bodhi Elfman (nephew)
| website =
| module
| past_member_of = Oingo Boingo
}}
}}
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an Amer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Elfman | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.359217 |
8398 | Dimension | , a cube and a tesseract. The square is two-dimensional (2D) and bounded by one-dimensional line segments; the cube is three-dimensional (3D) and bounded by two-dimensional squares; the tesseract is four-dimensional (4D) and bounded by three-dimensional cubes.
]]
thumb|upright=1.2| The first four spatial dimensions, re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.385157 |
8399 | Dissolve | Dissolve may refer to:
Music
Dissolve (band), a musical project of Chris Heaphy and Roy Montgomery
"Dissolve", a 2015 song by Absofacto
"Dissolve", a song by Joji from the 2022 album Smithereens
"Dissolve", a song by Daniel Johns from the 2015 album Talk
"Dissolve", a song by Hundred Reasons from the 2002 album ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolve | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.388983 |
8400 | Duodecimal | The duodecimal system, also known as base twelve or dozenal, is a positional numeral system using twelve as its base. In duodecimal, the number twelve is denoted "10", meaning 1 twelve and 0 units; in the decimal system, this number is instead written as "12" meaning 1 ten and 2 units, and the string "10" means ten. In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.493431 |
8401 | David Hayes Agnew | | birth_place Christiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|education=University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
| relations Margaret Creighton (Irwin) Agnew (wife) <!--alma mater University of Pennsylvania-->
| profession = surgeon, professor
| notable_works = The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hayes_Agnew | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.500174 |
8402 | Diving (sport) | Diving}}
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognised sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.
Competitors possess many o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_(sport) | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.528629 |
8406 | Dative case | In grammar, the dative case (abbreviated , or sometimes when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, as in "", Latin for "Maria gave Jacob a drink". In this example, the dative marks what would be considered the indirect object of a verb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dative_case | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.616075 |
8407 | Dodecahedron | {| class"wikitable floatright" width320
|+ Common dodecahedra
|- style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=4|I, order 120
|- style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"
|Regular
|Small stellated
|Great
|Great stellated
|- style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"
|
|
|
|
|-
!T, order 24
!T, order 12
!O, order 4... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecahedron | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.649966 |
8408 | Darwin, Northern Territory | | state = nt
| image =Skyline
|caption1 = Darwin CBD
| image2 = Darwin Waterfront.jpgDarwin Waterfront
|caption2 = Darwin Waterfront
| image3 = Aerial view of the Darwin Convention Centre.jpg Darwin Convention Centre
|caption3 = Convention Centre
| image4 = Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Darwin, 2021, 02.j... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.730576 |
8409 | Dictator | , General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; Adolf Hitler, Führer of Nazi Germany; Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile; Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party; Benito Mussolini, Duce and Prime Minister of Italy; and Kim Il Sung, Supreme Leader of North Korea.]]
outmaneuvered his oppone... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.752087 |
8410 | Decibel | bel
}}
The decibel (symbol: dB) is a relative unit of measurement equal to one tenth of a bel (B). It expresses the ratio of two values of a power or root-power quantity on a logarithmic scale. Two signals whose levels differ by one decibel have a power ratio of 10<sup>1/10</sup> (approximately ) or root-power ratio o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.838052 |
8411 | Darwinism | thumb|Charles Darwin in 1868
Darwinism is a term used to describe a theory of biological evolution developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882) and others. The theory states that all species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations that increase the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.871775 |
8412 | Doraemon | volume cover, featuring Doraemon
| ja_kanji = ドラえもん
| genre <!-- Genres should be based on what reliable sources list them as and not on personal interpretations. Limit of the three most relevant genres in accordance with MOS:A&M. -->
}}
| demographic = Children
| imprint = Tentōmushi Comics
| magazine = CoroCoro Comi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.956181 |
8414 | Dartmoor Preservation Association | | location = Old Duchy Hotel, Princetown, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6QF
| area_served = Dartmoor National Park
| homepage =
}}
Dartmoor Preservation Association (DPA) is one of the oldest environmental or amenity bodies in the UK. It was founded in 1883. It concerns itself with Dartmoor, a National Park in Devon, south-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor_Preservation_Association | 2025-04-05T18:28:36.996235 |
8418 | Dartmouth College | Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth|other uses|Dartmouth (disambiguation)}}
(Latin – A quotation from
the Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament)
| mottoeng "A voice crying out in the wilderness"
| type = Private research university
| established
| academic_affiliations =
| accreditation = NECHE
| endowmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_College | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.104531 |
8419 | Dartmouth, Devon | | population = 5,064
| population_ref = (2011)
| shire_county = Devon
| shire_district = South Hams
| civil_parish = Dartmouth
| region = South West England
| constituency_westminster = South Devon
| post_town = DARTMOUTH
| postcode_district = TQ6
| postcode_area = TQ
| dial_code = 01803
| static_image_name ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth,_Devon | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.147837 |
8420 | Dodo | Pezophaps solitaria (Rodrigues solitaire)
|2=Raphus cucullatus (dodo)
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
}}
of the Oxford specimen's foot, which has been used to sample DNA for genetic analyses]]
A similar cladogram was published in 2007, inverting the placement of Goura and Didunculus and including the pheasant pigeon (Otidip... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.216259 |
8421 | Sideroxylon grandiflorum | Sideroxylon grandiflorum, also known as the tambalacoque or dodo tree, is a long-lived species of tree in the sapote family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius.
Description
The fruit of Sideroxylon grandiflorum is analogous to a peach. Each is termed a drupe because each has a hard endocarp, or pit, surrounding the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideroxylon_grandiflorum | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.224420 |
8425 | Dwight Schultz | | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| alma_mater = Towson University
| known_for =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1970–present
| spouse =
| children = 1
}}
William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947) is an American television, film and voice actor.
He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_Schultz | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.306758 |
8429 | Density | {{Infobox physical quantity
| bgcolour | name Density
| image = Density column.JPG
| image_size = 100px
| caption = A test tube holding four non-miscible colored liquids with different densities
| unit = kg/m<sup>3</sup>
| symbols = ρ, D
| dimension = wikidata
| extensive = No
| intensive = Yes
| conserved = No
| deriv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.345112 |
8432 | Dave Barry | | birth_place = Armonk, New York, U.S.
| death_date | death_place
| occupation = Humorist<br />Author
| spouse Ann Shelnutt (1969–19?) Early life and education Barry was born in Armonk, New York, where his father, David W. Barry,<!-- his father did not have the same middle name, and therefore it's not a Jr/Sr thing. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Barry | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.363703 |
8436 | David Angell | | birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| years_active = 1977–2001
| alma_mater = Providence College
| spouse =
| notable_works = Wings<br />Frasier
| occupation =
| relatives = Kenneth Angell (brother)
| awards = 8 Emmy Awards}}
David Lawrence... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Angell | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.382067 |
8437 | Diedrich Hermann Westermann | right|thumb|220px|Westermann's 1911 Die Sudansprachen.Diedrich Hermann Westermann (24 June 1875 – 31 May 1956) was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. He substantially extended and revised the work of Carl Meinhof, his teacher, although he rejected some of Meinhof's theories only implicitly. Westermann is se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diedrich_Hermann_Westermann | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.386966 |
8439 | Diacritic | Diacritics (journal)}}
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word diacritic is a noun, though it is sometimes used in an attributi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diacritic | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.504805 |
8442 | Digraph | Digraph, often misspelled as diagraph, may refer to:
Digraph (orthography), a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "nq" in Hmong RPA
Ligature (writing), the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as "æ"
Digraph (computing), a group of two characters in computer source code t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.508947 |
8443 | Didgeridoo | thumb|Didgeridoo and clapstick players performing at Nightcliff, Northern Territory
thumb|240px|Sound of didgeridoo
thumb|240px|A didgeribone, a sliding-type didgeridoo
The didgeridoo (;()), also spelt didjeridu, among other variants, is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didgeridoo | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.553479 |
8449 | Developmental biology | Developmental Biology (journal)}}
Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and differentiation of stem cells in the adult organism.
Perspective... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_biology | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.573790 |
8452 | December 27 | Events
Pre-1600
* 537 – The second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is consecrated.
*1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
*1521 – The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg, disturbing the peace and preaching... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_27 | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.622337 |
8454 | Double planet | and the Moon (above right) and Pluto–Charon (below right)]]
In astronomy, a double planet (also binary planet) is a binary satellite system where both objects are planets, or planetary-mass objects, and whose barycenter is external to both planetary bodies.
Although up to a third of the star systems in the Milky Way a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_planet | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.654386 |
8456 | Denaturation (biochemistry) | activity.<br> Top: increasing temperature increases the rate of reaction (Q10 coefficient). <br>Middle: the fraction of folded and functional enzyme decreases above its denaturation temperature.<br> Bottom: consequently, an enzyme's optimal rate of reaction is at an intermediate temperature.]]
In biochemistry, denatur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denaturation_(biochemistry) | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.672223 |
8459 | Dwight L. Moody | | birth_name = Dwight Lyman Moody
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Northfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
| spouse =
| children = 3, including Paul Dwight Moody
| signature = Signature of Dwight Lyman Moody (1837–1899).png
}}
in 1855]]
Dwight Lyman Moody (Febru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_L._Moody | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.685916 |
8460 | Dieting | }}
Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity. As weight loss depends on calorie intake, different kinds of calorie-reduced diets, such as those emphasising particular macronutrients (low-fat, l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieting | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.713850 |
8461 | Diet | Diet may refer to:
Food
Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group
Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake
Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss or gain
Healthy diet, the process of helping to maintain or improve overall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.721465 |
8463 | Dubnium | Dubnium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Db and atomic number 105. It is highly radioactive: the most stable known isotope, dubnium-268, has a half-life of about 16 hours. This greatly limits extended research on the element.
Dubnium does not occur naturally on Earth and is produced artificially. The Sov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubnium | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.751187 |
8464 | Disaccharide | thumb|287x287px|Sucrose, a disaccharide formed from condensation of a molecule of glucose and a molecule of fructose
A disaccharide (also called a double sugar or biose) is the sugar formed when two monosaccharides are joined by glycosidic linkage. Like monosaccharides, disaccharides are simple sugars soluble in water.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharide | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.760698 |
8465 | Dactylic hexameter | Dactylic hexameter is a form of meter used in Ancient Greek epic and didactic poetry as well as in and epic, didactic, and satirical, and pastoral Latin poetry.
Its name is derived from Greek , ("six"), and it consists of six feet, the first five feet containing either two long syllables, a spondee (– –), or a long syl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylic_hexameter | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.812239 |
8466 | Dorado | , genitive
| symbolism = the dolphinfish
| RA =
| dec=
| family = Bayer
| quadrant = SQ1
| areatotal = 179
| arearank = 72nd
| numbermainstars = 3
| numberbfstars = 14
| numberstarsplanets = 5
| numberbrightstars = 1
| numbernearbystars = 0
| brighteststarname = α Dor
| starmagnitude = 3.27
| neareststarname = GJ 20... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorado | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.843540 |
8467 | Draco (lawgiver) | Draco}}
Draco (; , }}), also called Drako or Drakon, according to Athenian tradition, was the first legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece. He replaced the system of oral law and blood feud by the Draconian constitution, a written code to be enforced only by a court of law. His laws were supposed to have been very har... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(lawgiver) | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.853972 |
8468 | Determinant | In mathematics, the determinant is a scalar-valued function of the entries of a square matrix. The determinant of a matrix is commonly denoted , , or }}. Its value characterizes some properties of the matrix and the linear map represented, on a given basis, by the matrix. In particular, the determinant is nonzero if an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant | 2025-04-05T18:28:37.904891 |
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