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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Synonyms:
DE; Del.; Delaware; Diamond State; First State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "DE"):
capital of Delaware; Dover (the capital of the state of Delaware)
Wilmington (the largest city in Delaware)
Delaware; Delaware River (a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay)
Delaware Bay (an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River)
Holonyms ("DE" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Mid-Atlantic states (a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland)
Context examples:
The needle may be twirled, moved up and down at different speeds and depths, heated, or charged with a small electric current until the de qi sensation occurs.
(De qi sensation, NCI Dictionary)
“Dis is de las’. Den we get one long res’. Eh? For sure. One bully long res’.”
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
By replacing guanine, dezaguanine incorporates into DNA and inhibits de novo purine synthesis, thereby inducing cell death.
(Dezaguanine, NCI Thesaurus)
Oscillation upon the pavement always means an _affaire de cœur_.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have served under Sir Thomas de Bray, who was as jolly as a pie, and a lusty swordsman until he got too fat for his harness.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I'll fix you after de show," his ancient enemy hissed.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This fusion is associated with both with de novo and therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
(DDX10/NUP98 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A purine derivative with antineoplastic and anti-angiogenic properties. 6-methylmercaptopurine riboside (6-MMPR) inhibits amidophosphoribosyltransferase, the first committed step in de novo purine synthesis, and inhibits fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2)-induced cell proliferation.
(Methylmercaptopurine Riboside, NCI Thesaurus)
A newly discovered, distinct gene alteration; NOT the same as new or de novo mutation.
(Novel Mutation, NCI Dictionary)
Any substance that inhibits amidophosphoribosyltransferase, an enzyme that catalyzes the commiting step on de novo purine synthesis.
(Amidophosphoribosyltransferase Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)
