Dimensity
(Di*men"si*ty) n. Dimension. [R.] Howell.
Dimensive
(Di*men"sive) a. Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.
Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines?
Sir J. Davies. Dimera
(||Dim"e*ra) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + part.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of Coleoptera,
having two joints to the tarsi. (b) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.
Dimeran
(Dim"er*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Dimera.
Dimerous
(Dim"er*ous) a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + part.] Composed of, or having, two parts of each
kind.
A dimerous flower has two sepals, two petals, two stamens, and two pistils.
Dimeter
(Dim"e*ter) a. [L. dimeter, Gr. di- = di`s- twice + measure.] Having two poetical measures
or meters. — n. A verse of two meters.
Dimethyl
(Di*meth"yl) n. [Pref. di- + methyl.] (Chem.) Ethane; — sometimes so called because regarded
as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.
Dimetric
(Di*met"ric) a. [See Dimeter, a.] (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal. Dana.
Dimication
(Dim`i*ca"tion) n. [L. dimicatio, fr. dimicare to fight.] A fight; contest. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Dimidiate
(Di*mid"i*ate) a. [L. dimidiatus, p. p. of dimidiare to halve, fr. dimidius half. See Demi-.]
1. Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.
2. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance
of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed. (b) Having the organs of
one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate
hermaphroditism.
Dimidiate
(Di*mid"i*ate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dimidiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dimidiating.]
1. To divide into two equal parts. [Obs.] Cockeram.
2. (Her.) To represent the half of; to halve.
Dimidiation
(Di*mid`i*a"tion) n. [L. dimidiatio.] The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being
dimidiate.
Diminish
(Di*min"ish) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L.
dis- ) + minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; — opposed to augment or
increase.
Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
Barrow.
