D vs Day - What's the difference?
d | day |
The fourth letter of the .
D or notch.
cardinal number five hundred (500).
the (path-independent, ) differential of a quantity
voiced alveolar plosive
Image:Latin D.png, Capital and lowercase versions of D , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter D.png, Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur
Image:Uncial d.png, Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d
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Any period of 24 hours.
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A period from midnight to the following midnight.
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(lb) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
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The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
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Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
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A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
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*:If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day , at least they did not have less.
A period of contention of a day or less.
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(rare) To spend a day (in a place).
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As a letter d
is the fourth letter of the.As a numeral d
is cardinal number five hundred (500).As a symbol d
is deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.As an adjective day is
thick, deep, dense.d
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=c, next=e, image= (wikipedia d)Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter D, from (etyl) letter .Letter
Usage notes
The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the (.See also
(Latn-script) * (select similar letters and symbols) * (other scripts) * SeeEtymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D, a standardization ofAlternative forms
* D,Numeral
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).See also
* Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *Etymology 3
Symbol
(Voiced alveolar plosive) (head)See also
* (mathematics) {{Letter , page=D , NATO=Delta , Morse=-·· , Character=D4 , Braille=? }}day
English
Alternative forms
* daie (archaic)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* a broken clock is right twice a day * all-day * as the day is long * calendar day * Canada Day * daily * day after day * day-after-day * daybreak * daydream * daycare, day care * * day job * day laborer * day letter * daylight * daylily * day-neutral * day nursery * day off * day of reckoning * day one * day return * day school * daystar * daytime * day to day * day-to-day * day trader * day trip * day boarder * day bed * degree-day * dollar day * every dog has its day * field day * flag day, Flag Day * Friday * have its day * have seen one's day * holiday * holy day * judgment day * latter-day * Monday * payday * present-day * rainy day * Saturday * save the day * sick day * Sunday * Thursday * tomorrow is another day * Tuesday * Victoria day * WednesdayVerb
(en verb)- When I nighted and dayed in Damascus town,
