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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("D" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("D" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
Synonyms:
500; D; five hundred
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("D" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
Synonyms:
calciferol; cholecalciferol; D; ergocalciferol; viosterol; vitamin D
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("D" is a kind of...):
fat-soluble vitamin (any vitamin that is soluble in fats)
Meronyms (substance of "D"):
ergosterol (a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
Synonyms:
500; d; five hundred
Classified under:
Similar:
cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)
Context examples:
Yolks are also one of the only natural sources of vitamin D.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"The dunes are active again," says D'Odorico, "and it's happened in just the last three to four decades."
(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)
Hydrogels are a 3-D water swollen polymer network, similar to Jell-O, simulating the structure of human tissues.
(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
You will find it gratifying to see those profits because you were never quite sure they’d materialize—they will, and you deserve them.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Also, R&D leading to the ability to design and synthesize, in a controlled manner, nanostructured materials with targeted properties.
(Nanomaterials, NCI Thesaurus)
From there, binding of factor B (Fb) and activation by factor D (Fd) cleaves factor B to create the active protease C3 convertase (AP convertase).
(Alternative Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This bacteria is nonmotile, catalase negative, alpha hemolytic, urease negative and produces acid from D mannitol, D sorbitol and sucrose.
(Aerococcus urinae, NCI Thesaurus)
Rickets that is caused by vitamin D deficiency, hypocalcemia, or renal failure.
(Acquired Rickets, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of electric current, one of the seven base units of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).
(Ampere, NCI Thesaurus)
The genes are found in the HLA-D region in humans and in the I region in mice.
(MHC Class II Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
