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Chili Dip: When a short chip or pitch shot is hit fat or chunked, causing the ball to go a much shorter distance than intended

Double Dip: Slang terms for a doubleheader.

Double-Dip Lease: An accounting methodology in which depreciation is accelerated to twice the rate of annual depreciation by the straight-line method.

Dipthongization: The change of a normal vowel into a diphthong.

Dual In-Line Package (DIP): This is a type of chip that was most popular when memory was directly installed on the motherboard. It can be identified by its rectangular casing and has two rows of connector pins on both sides.

Dipole-Dipole Interaction: Electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged poles of two or more dipoles.

Dipole: A speaker design that uses two sets of drivers to generate equal amounts of sound both forward and backward, or side to side, with the two sounds being 'out of phase.' Dipoles are often used . . . View Full Definition

Electric Dipole: An object whose centers of positive and negative charge do not coincide. For example, a hydrogen chloride (hcl) molecule is an electric dipole because bonding electrons are on average closer . . . View Full Definition

Palatal Dipthongization: A sound change in which either the ash or the /e/ sound in Old English words became a diphthong when preceded by palatal consonants. For instance, Modern English cheese comes from Old Englis . . . View Full Definition

Oedipus Complex: Attachment of the child to the parent of the opposite sex, accompanied by envious and aggressive feelings toward the parent of the same sex. These feelings are largely repressed (i.e., made . . . View Full Definition