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Declaration of the People of Virginia The Declaration of the People of Virginia (or simply Declaration of the People) was a list of demands issued by Nathaniel Bacon on July 30, 1676, in which he proclaims Virginia's colonial governor corrupt and expresses his displeasure at the government's condescending, in his opinion, policy towards Native Americans - the presumed grievances which brought about the uprising known as Bacon's rebellion.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La DĂ©claration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen) is one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights and collective rights of all of the estates as one. Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights, these rights are universal: they are supposed to be valid in all times and places, pertaining to human nature itself.
Declaration of the Rights of the Child The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, drafted by Eglantyne Jebb and adopted by the International Save the Children Union, Geneva, February 23, 1923 and endorsed by the League of Nations General Assembly on November 26, 1924:
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen ("DĂ©claration des Droits de la Femme et de la Citoyenne") was a letter addressed to the French queen, Marie Antoinette, asking for women's rights. It was written in 1791 by Olympe de Gouges, also known as Marie Gouze, who simply revised the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen to include women as free and equal.
Declaration of Tokyo The Declaration of Tokyo was adopted in October 1975 on the 29th General assembly of the World Medical Association. It deals with the involvement of medical staff in the conductment of torments or interrogations of prisoners.
Declaration of war by the United States A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation, and one or more others. For the United States, Article One, Section Eight of the Constitution says "Congress shall have the power to ...
Declaration of Windhoek The Declaration of Windhoek is a statement of press freedom principles put together by African newspaper journalists in 1991. The Declaration was produced at a UNESCO seminar, "Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press," held in Windhoek, Namibia from April 29th to May 3rd, 1991; it was later endorsed by the UNESCO General Conference.
Declaration on Great Apes The Great Ape Project, founded by Italian philosopher Paola Cavalieri and Australian philosopher Peter Singer, is campaigning to have the United Nations endorse a Declaration on Great Apes. This would extend what the project calls the "community of equals" to chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was a milestone in the process of decolonization. Also known as the United Nations Resolution 1514, it was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 14, 1960.
Declaration Regarding Material Assistance The Declaration Regarding Material Assistance to Terrorist Organizations, or DMA, is a required piece of paperwork for vendors doing business with the state of Ohio, state employees, and those who receive state licenses. Signatories must attest that they have not in the past, nor are they currently, assisting terrorists.
Declarationism Declarationism is a legal philosophy that attempts to incorporate the United States Declaration of Independence into the body of case law on level with the United States Constitution. Its main proponents include Harry V.
Declarative programming language A declarative programming language is a high-level language that describes a problem rather than defining a solution — it makes use of declarative programming. A declarative programming language says "what", while an imperative programming language says "how".
Declarative Referential Integrity Declarative Referential Integrity (DRI) is a SQL Server term specifically applying to the assigning of permissions to users on a database object. Giving DRI permission to a database user allows them to add foreign key constraints on a table.
Declaratory Act The Declaratory Act (short title 6 George III, c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1766, during America's colonial period; one of a series of resolutions passed attempting to regulate the behavior of the colonies.
Declaratory judgment A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of each party in a dispute. A declaratory judgment is binding as to the duties, rights and obligations of the parties.
Declaratory relief Declaratory relief is a judge's determination (called a "declaratory judgment") of the parties' rights under a contract or a statute, often requested (and highly desired) in a lawsuit over a contract. In theory, an early resolution of legal rights will resolve some or all of the other issues in the matter.
Declare Declare (2001) is a supernatural spy novel by Tim Powers. It presents a secret history of the cold war in which an agent for a secret British spy organization learns the true nature of several beings living on Mount Ararat.
Declare Yourself Declare Yourself is a campaign initiated during the 2004 United States presidential elections to encourage young people to register to vote. It started life as the "Declaration of Independence Road Trip", a 50-city cross-country tour of a rare Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence lasting three-and-a-half years.
Declared monuments of Hong Kong Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to be protected. In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive as well as the publication of the notice in government gazette.
Declared net capacity Declared net capacity (DNC) is a measure of the contribution that a power station makes to the overall capacity of a distribution grid. It is measured in megawatts (MW), or in megawatts electrical (MWe) for a thermal power station.
Decline Decline is a change over time from previously efficient to inefficient organizational functioning, from previously rational to non-rational organizational and individual decision-making, from previously law-abiding to law violating organizational and individual behavior, from previously virtuous to iniquitous individual moral behavior.
Decline and Fall of the American Programmer Decline and Fall of the American Programmer is a book written by Edward Yourdon in 1992. It was addressed to American programmers and software organizations of the 1990s, warning that they were about to be driven out of business by programmers in other countries who could produce software more cheaply and with higher quality.
Decline in amphibian populations Dramatic declines in amphibian populations, including population crashes and mass localized extinction, have been noted since the 1980s from locations all over the world, and amphibian declines are thus perceived as one of the most critical threats to global biodiversity. A number of causes are believed to be involved, including habitat destruction and modification, over-exploitation, pollution, introduced species, climate change, increased ultraviolet-B radiation (UVB) and disease.
Decline of the Roman Empire The decline of the Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire, is a historical term of periodization that describes the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. Edward Gibbon in his famous study The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776) was the first to use this terminology, but he was neither the first nor the last to speculate on why and when the Empire collapsed.
Decline To State Decline To State (DTS) is an affiliation designation on the California voter registration form that allows voters to register to vote without choosing a party affiliation. It is similar to what in other states would be called declaring oneself as an independent.
Deco On The Fly In SCUBA diving, Deco On The Fly (DOTF) is a method for quickly and accurately determining the necessary decompression profile without the use of decompression tables or dive computers. It is taught in advanced technical diving courses held by instructors of the training organisation Global Underwater Explorers.
Decoded Feedback Decoded Feedback is the name of a Canadian musical project which incorporates styles of electro-industrial and aggrotech. The duo currently releases music on the North American distributor Metropolis Records, and the European record label Out of Line.
Decoder pen The decoder pen, yes-no pen, yes-know pen or magic pen book is a combination of decoder pen or marker specially designed to reveal invisible ink-encoded pictures or writing, in the form of answers to questions or hidden parts of pictures, with specially created children's books with hidden words and pictures. They were most popular in the 1970s, but continue to be sold at gift shops.
Decoder Ring Decoder Ring is an experimental electronic-rock crossover group from Sydney, Australia, formed in 2001 by Matt Fitzgerald and members of The Jackson Code, Sea Life Park and El Mopa. The band wrote the soundtrack for two films, both of which were shown at the Cannes Film Festival: the 2004 Australian film Somersault, and the 2005 short feature Jewboy by writer/director Tony Krawitz.
Decollate snail The decollate snail (Rumina decollata) is an omnivorous land snail which is native to the Mediterranean region but has been introduced into North America and other areas as biological control against the brown garden snail. The decollate snail is a voracious predator, and feeds readily upon common garden snails and slugs and their eggs.
Decollement A décollement horizon is a tectonic surface that acts as a gliding plane between two masses in a thrust fault relationship. A décollement horizon can either form due to a low bulk modulus between bodies (usually in lithologies such as marls, shales and evaporites) or can form along planes of high pore pressures.
Decolonization Decolonization refers to the achievement of independence by the various Western colonies and protectorates in Asia and Africa following World War II. This conforms with an intellectual movement known as Post-Colonialism.
Decolonization in Chad In 1940 Chad became internationally prominent when its lieutenant governor, Félix Eboué, led the rest of the French Equatorial African (AEF) federation to support Free France under Charles de Gaulle rather than the government of Vichy France. Chad became the base for Colonel Jacques Leclerc's conquest of the Fezzan (1940–1943), and the entire episode became the basis of an enduring sentimental bond between Chad and the France of de Gaulle's generation.
Decommercialization Decommercialization is a grass-roots movement, especially in the United States, which aims to counter what is perceived as over-commercialization of society (referred to here as the "epidemic of hypercommercialization").
Decommissioned highway A decommissioned highway is a highway whose status is downgraded. Decommissioned highways are most common in the United States of America, as the states build freeways as a new classification of highways, the state may strip the old highway of its old designation as a numbered highway or downgrade it to a 'lesser' status.
Decommodification Decommodification as a concept comes from the idea that in a market economy, citizens (and their labor) are commodified. Given that labor is a citizen's primary commodity in the market, decommodification refers to activities and efforts (generally by the government) that reduces citizen's reliance on the market (and their labor) for their well-being.
Decompiculture The opposite as agriculture, but just as important since it is takes care of one of the main steps in recycling. It is a term who describes the decomposion of waste products which is broken down to compost and products that are necessary for agriculture.
Decompiler A decompiler is the name given to a computer program that performs the reverse operation to that of a compiler. That is, it translates a file containing information at a relatively low level of abstraction (usually designed to be computer readable rather than human readable) in to a form having a higher level of abstraction (usually designed to be human readable).
Decomposition Decomposition (or spoilage) is a phenomenon common in the sciences of biology and chemistry. In biology, decomposition refers to the reduction of the body of a formerly living organism into simpler forms of matter.
Decomposition (Merzbox album) Decomposition is a 2CD album set by Japanese noise musician Masami Akita, under the name Merzbow, featuring remixes and manipulation of source material recorded by Eugene Thacker and Shane Fahey. This double CD set was only released in limited quantitites with initial pressings of the Merzbox collection.
Decomposition matrix In mathematics, and in particular modular representation theory, a decomposition matrix is a matrix that results from writing the irreducible ordinary characters in terms of the irreducible modular characters, where the entries of the two sets of characters are taken to be over all conjugacy classes of elements of order coprime to the characteristic of the field. All such entries in the matrix are non-negative integers.
Decomposition method In constraint satisfaction, a decomposition method translates a constraint satisfaction problem into another constraint satisfaction problem that is binary and acyclic. Decomposition methods work by grouping variables into sets, and solving a subproblem for each set.
Decompoze Decompoze is a hip hop producer and rapper from Pontiac, Michigan. He has worked with a number of artists, such as Binary Star, One Be Lo, Illite, Magestik Legend and Kodac, and is currently signed to One Be Lo's Subterraneous Records.
Decompression chamber A decompression chamber is a pressure vessel used in surface supplied diving to allow the divers to complete their decompression stops at the end of a dive on the surface rather than underwater. This eliminates many of the risks of long decompressions underwater, in cold or dangerous conditions.
Decompression illness Decompression Illness (DCI) is a term generally used to describe illness after a decrease in the ambient pressure that a body is exposed to. Decompression Illness is usually experienced by divers, but it is not limited to diving in water.
Decompression stop A decompression stop is a period of time a diver must spend at a constant depth in shallow water at the end of a dive to safely eliminate absorbed inert gases from the diver's body to avoid decompression sickness. The practice of making decompression stops is called staged decompression, as opposed to continuous decompression.
Decompression Schedule A Decompression Schedule is a series of increasingly shallower decompression stops for (usually) increasing amounts of time that a diver uses to offgas inert gases from the diver' body on the ascent to the surface to reduce the risk of decompression sickness. In a decompression dive, the decompression phase makes up a large part of the time spent underwater (in many cases its longer than the actual time spent a depth).
Decompression trapeze A decompression trapeze is a device used in recreational diving and technical diving to make decompression stops more comfortable and more secure and provide the divers' surface cover with a visual reference for the divers' position.
Deconfinement Deconfinement in quantum chromodynamics refers to a phase of matter in which quarks and gluons are free to move over distances larger than a femtometer (which is the size of a hadron). This phase is also called the quark-gluon plasma.
Deconsecration Deconsecration is the act of removing a religious blessing from something that had been previously consecrated by a minister or priest of that religion. The same act when performed by a member of a differing religion may be considered a curse by some religions and not a complete removal of the original blessing.
Deconstructing Harry Deconstructing Harry is a film by Woody Allen released in 1997. This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him (sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result).
Deconstruction In contemporary philosophy and social sciences, the term deconstruction denotes a process by which the texts and languages of (particularly) Western philosophy appear to shift and complicate in meaning when read in light of the assumptions they suggest about and absences they reveal within themselves. Jacques Derrida coined the term in the 1960s, and found that he could talk more readily about what deconstruction was not than about what it was, most especially in reply to questions posed by others about it.
Deconstruction (band) Deconstruction was a band formed by former Jane's Addiction members, guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Eric Avery. Originally their former Jane's Addiction bandmate drummer Stephen Perkins was slated to be Deconstruction's drummer but instead joined Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell's new band Porno For Pyros.
Deconstruction (building) In the context of the physical construction, deconstruction is the act of 'unbuilding' that which was built. The process is so that the building materials are left intact and sent back to reuse markets as products, rather than landfilled as waste.
Deconstruction-and-religion Deconstruction-and-religion -- also known as weak theology and religion without religion -- is a nontheistic mode of thought that proceeds from a theological and deconstructive framework. In terms of dogmatic theology, deconstruction-and-religion ranges from almost certainly atheistic to out-and-out atheistic.
Deconstructivism Deconstructivism in architecture, also called deconstruction, is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, non-linear processes of design, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and apparent non-Euclidean geometry,Husserl, Origins of Geometry, Introduction by Jacques Derrida (i.
Decontamination Decontamination is the process of cleansing to remove contamination, or the possibility (or fear) of contamination. Decontamination is sometimes abbreviated as "decon", "dcon", or "decontam".
Decontamination foam Decontamination foam (known commonly as Decon foam) is a spray-on cleaning solution that has a consistency near that of dish soap and toothpaste, yet provides typically a 7 log kill ratio for dangerous biological contaminants (e.g.
Decontrol Decontrol were a Canadian D-beat Punk band formed in October of 1996 after their old band Dödsdömd called it quits and decided to play more raw music. They were greatly inspired by Swedish Hardcore and played a Discharge meets Anti Cimex sound.
Decorated Period The Decorated Period, in architecture (also known as the Decorated Gothic, or simply "Decorated") period is a historical division of English Gothic architecture. Other names applied to the period and its architecture include the "Middle Pointed", "Geometric", "Curvilinear" and "Flamboyant".
Decoration Day (album) Decoration Day is a rock/alt-country album released by Drive-By Truckers in 2003. Recorded in Athens, Georgia and produced by noted producer and former Sugar bassist David Barbe, the album is the Truckers' fifth, following the critically acclaimed Southern Rock Opera.
Decoration of the Papal Tiara From the 15th century when the papal tiara received its third and final tier, the decoration of papal tiaras followed a standard format. The Papal Tiara itself was laid out in felt, overwhich a silver mesh was laid.
Decorative art The decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. The field includes ceramics, furniture, furnishings, interior design, and architecture.
Decorator's Guide to Fabrics, Wallpapers, Rugs and Trimmings The Decorator's Guide to Fabrics, Wallpapers, Rugs and Trimmings is a book by conservative politician and interior designerJennie Elias and Jane Morris. This book presents the histories and design cultures of the world's leading exclusive home brands and gives and overview of their design collections .
Decorrelation Decorrelation is a general term for any process that is used to reduce autocorrelation within a signal, or cross-correlation within a set of signals, while preserving other aspects of the signal. A frequently used method of decorrelation is the use of a matched linear filter to reduce the autocorrelation of a signal as far as possible.
Decorum In classical rhetoric, the principle of decorum controlled what was appropriate to each of the main styles into which Hellenistic and Latin rhetors had divided written literature: the grand style, the middle style and the low (or plain) style. Certain types of vocabulary and diction were considered appropriate for certain stylistic levels.
Decossackization In 1919 the Soviet engaged in a policy to eliminate the "Cossack threat to proletarian power" by de-Cossackization: "extirpating the Cossack elite"; terrorizing all other Cossacks; and bringing about the "formal liquidation of the Cossackry.".
DecoTurf DecoTurf is a tennis hardcourt comprised of layers of acrylic, rubber, silica, and other materials on top of an asphalt base. It is manufactured by Decosystems (a division of California Products Corporation), based in Andover, Massachusetts.
Decoupage Decoupage (or découpage) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cut outs onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, etc. Commonly an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from purpose-manufactured papers.
Decoupling capacitor A Decoupling capacitor is a capacitor used to decouple one part of a electrical network (circuit) from another. That means it makes one part of a circuit unaffected by things going on in another part of the circuit.
Decoy A decoy is usually a person, device or event meant as a distraction to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in game hunting, but also in wartime and in the committing or resolving of crimes.
Decoy (TV series) Decoy (also titled Decoy Police Woman on some DVD releases) was a groundbreaking American police procedural television series which was created for syndication in 1957-1958. The series starred Beverly Garland as Casey Jones, a female police officer who is often assigned to work undercover (hence becoming the "decoy" of the title).
Decoy effect Decoy effect is an effective term used in marketing to trick your customers into thinking one thing, when in actuality it is another. The term decoy effect (also called the asymmetric dominance effect) is used to describe the phenomenon of greater consumer preference for an item in a two-item consideration set caused by the addition of a third item that is asymmetrically dominated.
Decree A decree is an order made by a head of state or government and having the force of law. The particular term used for this concept may vary from country to country – the executive orders made by the president of the United States, for example, are decrees.
Decree nisi A decree nisi (non-absolute ruling) is a ruling by a court that does not have any force until such time that a particular condition is met. Once the condition is met the ruling becomes decree absolute and is binding.
Decree of Muharram The Decree, or Firman, of Muharram can refer to a number of decrees or firmans issued by the Ottoman Empire in the Islamic month of Muharram. The most important of which, both issued by ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II during the decline of the Ottoman Empire, are:
Decree of Themistocles The Decree of Themistocles is an ancient Greek inscription discussing Greek strategy in the Greco-Persian Wars, purported to have been issued by the Athenian assembly under the guidance of Themistocles. Since the publication of its contents in 1960, the authenticity of the decree has been the subject of much academic debate.
Decree on Land The Decree on Land, written by Vladimir Lenin, was passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on 26 October, 1917, following the success of the October Revolution. It proposed an abolition of private property, and the redistribution of the landed estates amongst the peasantry.
Decree on Peace The Decree On Peace, written by Vladimir Lenin, was passed by the Second Congress of the Soviet of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on the 26 October, 1917, following the success of the October Revolution. It was published in the Izvestiya newspaper, #208, October 27 1917.
Decree time Decree time (Russian: Декретное время) refers to the changes introduced to the USSR time system by a Sovnarkom decree of 16 June 1930. By this decree, all clocks in the Soviet Union were permanently shifted one hour ahead of standard time for each timezone.
Decreolization Decreolisation is a hypothetical phenomenon whereby over time a creole language reconverges with one of the standard languages from which it originally derived. First proposed by Keith Whinnom at the 1968 Mona conference, the concept has come under fire in recent years from such linguists as Bickerton and Rickford since at its inception it sought to overturn long-held elements of the theory of creole continua.
Decretum Gelasianum The so-called Decretum Gelasianum or Gelasian Decree was traditionally attributed to the prolific Pope Gelasius I, bishop of Rome 492–496. In surviving manuscripts the Decretal exists on its own and also appended to a list of books of Scripture titled as attested as canonical by a Council of Rome under Pope Damasus I, bishop of Rome 366–383.
Decretum Gratiani The Decretum Gratiani or Concordia discordantium canonum (sometimes mistakenly called the Concordantia discordantium canonum by non-specialists) is a collection of Canon law compiled and written in the twelfth century as a legal textbook by a jurist (perhaps) named Gratian. It forms the first part of the collection of six legal texts, which became known as the Corpus Iuris Canonici and which retained legal force in the Roman Catholic Church up until Pentecost Sunday, May 27, 1917, when the a revised Code of Canon Law (Codex iuris canonici) was promulgated by Pope Benedict XV.
Decriminalization of cannabis in the United States Multiple states, counties, and cities have decriminalized cannabis for non-medical purposes to some extent. Most places have fines, drug education, or drug treatment in replace of incarceration or other severe punishments for possession of small amounts of marijuana or have made various marijuana offenses the lowest priority for law enforcement.
Decumanus Maximus In Roman city planning, a decumanus was an east-west-oriented road in a Roman city, military camp, or colonia. The main decumanus was the Decumanus Maximus, which normally connected the Porta Pretoria (in a military camp, closest to the enemy) to the Porta Decumana (away from the enemy).
Decyl glucoside Decyl glucoside is a mild non-ionic surfactant used in cosmetic formularies including baby shampoo and in products for individuals with a sensitive skin. Many natural personal care companies use this cleanser because it is plant-derived, biodegradable, and gentle for all hair types.
Deda Deda (born Nick Dida in Mount Vernon, New York) is a African American rapper who was primarily the most hardcore MC's of history to form a friendship with legendary rapper and hip-hop producer, Pete Rock. He made his first debut on Mecca and the Soul Brother, "The Basement", which it was first released in 1992 and "In the Flesh", whose album, The Main Ingredient was released in 1994.
Dedalus Books Dedalus Books is a British publishing company specialising in European literature. As stated on their website, Dedalus specialises in "its own distinctive genre, which we term distorted reality, where the bizarre, the unusual and the grotesque and the surreal meld in a kind of intellectual fiction which is very European.
Dedan Kimathi Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (October 31, 1920 – February 18, 1957) was a Kenyan rebel leader who fought against British colonization in Kenya in the 1950s. He was convicted and executed by the British colonial government.
Dedé Leonardo de Deus Santos (born 18 April 1978), nicknamed Dedé, is a Brazilian professional football player, who currently plays for German club Borussia Dortmund. He has played a single match for the Brazil national team.
Dede Allen Dede Allen (born Dorothea Carothers Allen, 3 December, 1923, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American film editor, well-known "film editing doctor" to the major American movie studios and one of cinema's all-time celebrated "auteur" film editors. Allen is most known for having edited classic films such as Dog Day Afternoon, The Hustler, Reds and Bonnie and Clyde and for having worked with groundbreaking filmmakers such as Arthur Penn, Sidney Lumet, Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, and George Roy Hill.
Dedeaux Field Dedeaux Field is a college baseball stadium in Los Angeles, California, and the home field of the University of Southern California Trojans baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1974, the year USC won its record fifth consecutive College World Series title.
Dedekind cut In mathematics, a Dedekind cut, named after Richard Dedekind, in a totally ordered set S is a partition of it, (A, B), such that A is closed downwards (meaning that for all a in A, x ≤ a implies that x is in A as well) and B is closed upwards, and A contains no greatest element. The cut itself is, conceptually, the "gap" defined between A and B.
Dedekind domain In abstract algebra, a Dedekind domain or Dedekind ring, named after Richard Dedekind, is a Noetherian integral domain R whose localization RP at each maximal ideal P of R is a principal ideal domain; this entails RP is either a field or a discrete valuation ring. Alternatively, it can be defined as an integrally closed domain with Krull dimension at most 1.
Dedekind eta function The Dedekind eta function, named after Richard Dedekind, is a function defined on the upper half-plane of complex numbers whose imaginary part is positive. For any such complex number tau, we define q = e2iπτ, and define the eta function by
Dedekind sum In mathematics, Dedekind sums, named after Richard Dedekind, are certain sums of products of a sawtooth function s, and are given by a function D of three integer variables. Dedekind introduced them to express the functional equation of the Dedekind eta function.
Dedicated hosting service A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting where the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc.
Dedicated to Peter KĂĽrten Dedicated to Peter KĂĽrten is the fourth album by Whitehouse released in 1981 by Come Organisation (later reissued by Susan Lawly). The album is known as by its full title, Dedicated to Peter KĂĽrten Sadist and Mass Slayer.
Dedicated to the One I Love "Dedicated to the One I Love" is the name of a song written by Ralph Bass and Lowman Pauling. Bass and Pauling were members of The "5" Royales, the group that recorded the original version of this song.
Dedication (film) Dedication is a 2006 romantic comedy film starring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore. The romantic comedy follows a misogynistic children's book author (Crudup) who is forced to work closely with a female illustrator (Moore) instead of his long-time collaborator and only friend (Wilkinson).

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