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- Deutero-nomy, s. Sec NOMOS, p. 21.
Diadem, s. from 0,,,01)1-''', di"diJma, a mark of royalty
worn on the head.
})i-reresis,from lim:, dia, asunder, and atpew, aireo, I
take. The disjunction 01' separation of letters, as in
the word "erial. The act of dividing.
Diagnosis, ,so from ota:YWCc.lO'KW, diaginosko, I know
thoroughly, signifies the distinction of the nature of
one disease from that of another resembling it, by
means of a collected view of the symptoms. Sec
PnOGNOsIS.
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Dia-gonal, s. See GONIA, p. 9.
Dia-gram, s. Sec GRA]IMA, p. 9.
Dialect, s., from O,a~EI('TOS, diaa!kt~s, a dialect, which is
_from the verb O',,7I.E'YOf'''I, diareg~mai, I discourse.
T!,e peculiar language of some province, or part of
a nation,. formed by corruption of the general or
national language. In Great Britain, almost every
county has a dialect of its own; all differing considerably
in pronunciation,_accent, and tone, though
the language is the same.
Dialeetics,~. (S~e DIALECT.) That branch of logic
which teach~s the rules and Inodc of reasoning.
. Dia-Iogue. Sec LOGOS, p. IS•
.Diu-meter, s. See :lVIETRO, p. 19.
Din-pason, $. from ata, dia, through, and 1rQS, pas, all.
A chord in music including all the tones.
Dia-phanous, adj. from 0,,,, dia, through, and