| ANTIDEFAMATION | • antidefamation adj. Opposing the defamation of a particular group. Chiefly in direct or oblique reference to the Anti-Defamation League. • ANTIDEFAMATION adj. designed to counter defamation. |
| DEFRAGMENTATION | • defragmentation n. (Computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive. |
| DEMYSTIFICATION | • demystification n. The removal of mystery or confusion surrounding a topic or idea. • DEMYSTIFICATION n. the act of demystifying. |
| DEMYTHIFICATION | • DEMYTHIFICATION n. the process of demythifying. |
| DIFFRACTOMETER | • diffractometer n. A device that uses diffraction (especially X-ray diffraction) to investigate the structure of matter. • DIFFRACTOMETER n. an instrument for determining structure of crystal through light diffraction. |
| DIFFRACTOMETERS | • diffractometers n. Plural of diffractometer. • DIFFRACTOMETER n. an instrument for determining structure of crystal through light diffraction. |
| DIFFRACTOMETRIC | • diffractometric adj. Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer. • DIFFRACTOMETRIC adj. relating to measurement by diffractometer, an instrument for determining structure of crystal through light diffraction. |
| DIFFRACTOMETRY | • diffractometry n. The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction. • DIFFRACTOMETRY n. measurement by diffractometer. |
| DISAFFORESTMENT | • disafforestment n. Disafforestation. • DISAFFORESTMENT n. the act of disafforesting. |
| FORMATTED | • formatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of format. • formatted adj. That has been given a definite format. • formatted adj. (Computing, of a storage medium) That has been physically arranged to be in a state ready for the storage of data. |
| PREFORMATTED | • preformatted adj. Formatted in advance. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
| REFORMATTED | • reformatted adj. Having been formatted again. • reformatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of reformat. • REFORMAT v. to change the format. |
| UNFORMATTED | • unformatted adj. (Of text) Without any structure. • unformatted adj. (Computing) That has not yet been formatted for use; uninitialized. • UNFORMATTED adj. not formatted. |