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dee
1[dee]
noun
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear.
The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.
Physics.a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.
Dee
2[dee]
noun
John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.
a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.
a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.
a male or female given name.
Dee
1/ 徱ː /
noun
a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)
a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
Dee
2/ 徱ː /
noun
John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English
dee
3/ 徱ː /
verb
a Scot word for die 1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dee1
Example Sentences
Dee Blum is an idealistic student who drops out of college to lead eco-tours in Costa Rica, much to her family’s disapproval.
Dee is happy in her new life and when she meets two men, everything sizzles.
But Dee’s naive views of both romance and of doing right are complicated by a dangerous organization presenting itself as the “good guys.”
“These losses largely reflect the fact that there are now substantially fewer school-age children in the state,” said Thomas Dee, a Stanford University education professor and economist.
“The most striking aspect of these data is that the students who fled public schools at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic still have not returned,” Dee said.
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