| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "DE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1253. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | De | ||
| Administration | Division engineer or district engineer. (references) | ||
| Aerospace | 1: Doppler Extractor. (references) | 2: Dynamics Explorer. (references) | 3: DETECTION EFFICIENCY. (references) | 4: Director of Engineering. (references) | 5: Design Engineering (KSC Dir.). (references) | 6: Decay. (references) |
| Aging | Delaware. (references) | ||
| Environment | 1: Division of Engineering. (references) | 2: Dose equivalent (radiation protection). (references) | 3: Drums Equivalent. (references) |
| Law | DE. A preposition used in many Latin phrases - as, de bone esse, de bonis non. (references) | ||
| Military | 1: Total drift error. (references) | 2: Double-ended, cylindrical boiler. (references) | 3: Individual drift error. (references) | 4: USNR officer designation for General Service, Deck and Engineering Duties. Formerly (DE). (references) | 5: 1) Damage expectancy. 2) Delay equalizer. 3) Directed energy. (references) | 6: Destroyer Escort. (references) | 7: Directed energy. (references) |
| Slang | Verb. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: To block someone in the game of Frisbee. Context: In the middle of a game, this term is used to direct someone. Social Source: U of O Ultimate Frisbee Players. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | ||
| Space | The name of a two-spacecraft mission launched in 1981 and operated until 1989 to study the auroral regions and their interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere. (references) | ||
| Technology | 1: Doctor of Engineering. (references) | 2: Disciplined Engineering. (references) | 3: Damage Expectancy. (references) | 4: Data Element. (references) |
| Transportation | Delphi Delco Electronics Systems. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: DE
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| 1000 de La Gauchetière | 1000 de la Gauchetière is Montreal's tallest skyscraper, simply named for its address at 1000, La Gauchetiere Street, West, in the city's downtown. It rises to the maximum height approved by the city (the elevation of Mount Royal) at 205m (673ft) and 51 floors. (references) | ||
| 13 de Marzo Incident | On July 13, 1994, 72 Cuban attempted to leave the island of Cuba on a World War II era tugboat named the 13 de Marzo. In an attempt by the Cuban Navy to stop the tugboat, patrol boats were sent out to interdict the tug. Crewmen and survivors reported that the interdiction vessels rammed the tugboat and sprayed its passengers with high pressure fire hoses, sweeping many overboard. A total of 41 men, women and children drowned after being swept off the tug’s deck, 11 of these were children under the age of 12. (references) | ||
| 1904 Tour de France | The Tour de France 1904 was the second edition of the Tour de France, held from July 2 to July 24 1904. The route of the race was exactly the same as in the 1903 edition. However, the race itself was a victim of its own success, and was plagued by a series of scandals, which culminated in the disqualification of the first four riders in the general standings, including all stage winners. This decision was taken half a year after the end of the tour. During the race, some of the cyclists were already excluded because of illegal use of cars or trains. In Saint-Étienne and Nîmes, supporters of local favorites attacked the competitors, and at many places, nails were dropped on the streets in front of the cyclists. (references) | ||
| 1905 Tour de France | The 1905 Tour de France was the third Tour de France, held from July 9th to July 30th, 1905. The major changes from the previous year included the shortening of stages so that no night riding occurred. This made the tour stretch into 11 stages, almost double from the previous year. The other major change was the way the winner was awarded. During this year they found the winner based on a points system, not on overall time. The goal was to make cheating obsolete. The distance totaled 2,994 km (1,860 mi) and the average cycler's speed was 27.107 km/h. The first major climb, the Ballon d'Alsace, also made its debut in this year's tour. Some things, however, remained the same, like the entrance being predominantly French (that year, only 1 other international competitor rode). (references) | ||
| 1906 Tour de France | The 1906 Tour de France was the 4th Tour de France, and second to use the point system. Taking place July 4 to July 29, 1906 the total race distance was 4545 km (2824 miles), with riders averaging 24.463 km/h. Like its predecessors, it still had cheating and sabotage taking place. Three players were disqualified for taking trains as a shortcut and spectators still got a good laugh by throwing nails in the road. However, this didn't stop René Pottier from obliterating the competition in the early rounds. Free of tendinitis that plagued his 1905 chances, he dominated the entire race. Unlike the previous year, the entrants were not all French, and a Belgian placed in the top 10. (references) | ||
| 1907 Tour de France | The 1907 Tour de France was the 5th Tour de France and first to have a Luxembourg representative place in the top 10. Taking place between July 8th and August 4th, 1907, the race totaled 4488 km (2,788 mi) and the average riding speed was 28.47 km/h (17.691 mi/h). Lucien Petit-Breton won his first of two consecutive racing titles, however, he only won one of the stages, overall. This years Tour de France, unlike it's predecessor was almost free of sabotage but the cheating that plagued the previous races continued. (references) | ||
| 1910 Tour de France | The 1910 Tour de France was the 8th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 31, 1910. It was comprised of 15 stages over 4737 km, ridden at an average speed of 28.680 km/h. (references) | ||
| 1914 Tour de France | The 1914 Tour de France was the 12th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 26, 1914. The total distance was 5405 km (3359 miles) and the average speed of the riders was 27.028 km/h. (references) | ||
| 1923 Tour de France | The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 22, 1923. It was comprised of 15 stages over 5386 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.233 km/h. (references) | ||
| 1926 Tour de France | The 1926 Tour de France was the 20th Tour de France, taking place June 20 to July 18, 1926. It was comprised of 17 stages over 5745 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.064 km/h. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DE
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| 3a)Commission des Communautés Européennes,Bureau de Représentation en France | Medicine | The pipe or syringe used in injections or enewas. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A propos de bottes | Literature | (French). Turning to quite another subject; à propos de rien. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Ailette de refroidissement | Statistics | Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Estimates are based on UNESCO's classification of education levels. Secondary provides general or specialised instruction at middle, secondary, or high schools, teacher training schools, vocational or technical schools; this level of education is based on at least four years of instruction at the first level. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Algemeen Sociaal Fonds ter Bevordering van de Volksgezondheid "Draagt elkanders Lasten" | Social Sciences | Mutual Help General Social Fund for the Improvement of Public Health. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Alineación de residuos de tala | Electrical Engineering | The undesired slow variation of the speed of the recording medium during the recording/reproducing process. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Amparo de Pobres | Literature | 1: A book exposing the begging impostors of Madrid, written by Herrera, physician to Felipe III 2: (French), a hangman or executioner. The "Place de Grève" was at one time the Tyburn of Paris. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Anguille de rivière | Public Administration | A system of high waves over a wide area, generated by winds at some distance from the coast. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Arnica de paramo | Botanical | The vanilla-scented capsules are used like vanilla. (references) | |
| Ataque de insetos | Biology & Biotechnology | A plant-juice sucker whose small, wingless female and also male and female nymphs secrete a scale-like protective covering, e. g. species of Tachardia. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Au Pied de la Lettre | Literature | 1: (French). Literatim et verbatim; according to the strict letter of the text. 2: Ldquo;In reading au pied de la lettre the story of his [Buddha's] fatal illness supervened on a meal of dried boar's flesh, served to him by a certain Kunda." - Nineteenth Century (June, 1893, p. 1020). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DE
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| DE | Danish | Tyskland | Geography | |
| DE | Dutch | Duitsland | Geography | |
| DE | English | Dextrose Equivalency | N/A | |
| DE | Finnish | Sulava energia | Food & Agriculture | |
| DE | French | Droit d'établissement | Economics | |
| De | German | Demodulator | N/A | |
| DE | Greek | Γερμανία | Geography | |
| DE | Italian | Gruppo democratico europeo | N/A | |
| DE | Portuguese | Alemanha | Geography | |
| DE | Spanish | Alemania | Geography | |
| DE | Swedish | Förbundsrepubliken Tyskland | Geography | |
| GATT de 1994 | French | Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce(1994) | International Organizations | |
| DES | Dutch | Besluit betreffende de handel in diensten en het milieu | International Organizations | |
| DEAF | English | Dictionnaire étymologique de l'ancien français | Language, Publishing & Graphic Arts | |
| DEC | French | Indicatif du central de destination | Electrical Engineering | |
| DEHP | Portuguese | Ftalato de 2-etilhexil | Chemistry, Chemical Industry | |
| DEC | Spanish | Código de la central de destino | Electrical Engineering | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
