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Webster 1913 Edition


Di-

{

Di′a-

,

Di-

}
.
[Gr.
διά
through; orig., dividing into two parts; akin to [GREEK] two. See
Two
, and cf. 1st
Di-
.]
A prefix denoting
through
; also,
between
,
apart
,
asunder
,
across
. Before a vowel
dia-
becomes
di-
;
as,
di
actinic;
di
electric, etc.