Dialogistic
(Di*al`o*gis"tic Di*al`o*gis"tic*al) a. Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a
dialogue. — Di*al`o*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Dialogite
(Di*al"o*gite) n. [From Gr. an arguing.] (Min.) Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite.
Dialogize
(Di*al"o*gize) v. t. [Gr. : cf. F. dialogiser.] To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby.
Dialogue
(Di"a*logue) n. [OE. dialogue, L. dialogus, fr. Gr. fr. to converse, dia` through + to speak: cf.
F. dialogue. See Legend.]
1. A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances
or in scholastic exercises.
2. A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on
some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Dialogue
(Di"a*logue), v. i. [Cf. F. dialoguer.] To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [R.] Shak.
Dialogue
(Di"a*logue), v. t. To express as in dialogue. [R.]
And dialogued for him what he would say.
Shak. Dialypetalous
(Di`al*y*pet"al*ous) a. [Gr. dia` through, asunder + to loose + leaf.] (Bot.) Having separate
petals; polypetalous.
Dialysis
(||Di*al"y*sis) n.; pl. Dialyses [L., separation, fr. Gr. fr. to part asunder, dissolve; dia` through
+ to loose.]
1. (Gram.) Diæresis. See Diæresis, 1.
2. (Rhet.) Same as Asyndeton.
3. (Med.) (a) Debility. (b) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.
4. (Chem.) The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of
their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.
Dialytic
(Di`a*lyt"ic) a. [Gr. fr. . See Dialysis.] Having the quality of unloosing or separating. Clarke.
Dialytic telescope, an achromatic telescope in which the colored dispersion produced by a single object
lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersive
power, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of rays, usually near the middle
of the tube.
Dialyzate
(Di*al"y*zate) n. (Chem.) The material subjected to dialysis.
Dialyzation
(Di`a*ly*za"tion) n. (Chem.) The act or process of dialysis.
Dialyze
(Di"a*lyze) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialyzed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dialyzing.] (Chem.) To separate,
prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis.
[Written also dialyse.]
Dialyzed
(Di"a*lyzed) a. Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron.
Dialyzer
(Di"a*ly`zer) n. The instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis.
Diamagnet
(Di`a*mag"net) n. [Pref. dia- + magnet.] A body having diamagnetic polarity.
