Glossary D
The term decorative refers to an object that is intended to look pretty or attractive, as opposed to being practical or functional in purpose.
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Dairy Cattle and Milk Production - this industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in milking dairy cattle.
Disabled persons equipment and supplies is a term describing all the equipment and supplies that help persons with physical, sensory, or mental impairments that can make performing an everyday task more difficult.
Diesel is a term referring to a type of fuel composed of distillates obtained in petroleum refining operation or blends of such distillates with residual oil used in motor vehicles. The boiling point and specific gravity are higher for diesel fuels than for gasoline. Diesel fuel is used to run farm machinery, heat houses, and run trucks.
Deutsch: Scheibe / Español: Disco / Português: Disco / Français: Disque / Italiano: Disco /
A Disk is a memory device which uses a magnetic media for the storage of information. Disk, as a term, has expanded into other areas often used to describe the shape of the storage media, that is: floppy disk, compact disk, laser disk, or hard disk. It sometimes refers to the way in which the storage media mimics a disk media; that is, RAM disk or bubble memory.
Deutsch: Verkleidung / Español: Vestimenta / Português: Vestuário / Français: Habillage / Italiano: Abbigliamento /
Dressing an animal involves the preparation of the carcass of a hunted animal, bird, or fish by removing hide or skin, plucking the feathers, some bones, and entrails and cleaning them after. Example of this kind is the dressed chicken