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Dashun Regime

The Dashun Regime (大顺政权) was the short-lived state founded by rebel leader Li Zicheng during the Ming collapse, holding the Yellow River basin in 1644.

Dashun Wang

Dashun Wang is a computational social scientist at Northwestern University who studies the science of science, known for work on hot streaks in creative careers.

DASI

DASI, the Degree Angular Scale Interferometer, was a 13-element radio interferometer at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station that measured cosmic microwave background anisotropy and its angular power spectrum.

Dasia

Dasia (Gray, 1839) is a genus of arboreal Asian skinks in Scincidae, the tree skinks, including D. olivacea, D. grisea, and the Sri Lankan endemic D. haliana; unrelated to stingrays (Dasyatidae).

Dasiphora fruticosa

Dasiphora fruticosa (shrubby cinquefoil, formerly Potentilla fruticosa, Chinese jin lu mei 金露梅) is a circumboreal Rosaceae shrub with yellow flowers, host of Clayton's copper butterfly, secure globally (G5) but endangered in Pennsylvania.

Dask

Dask is an open-source Python library for parallel and distributed computing built on task graphs. It scales pandas, NumPy, and list-like workflows through Dask DataFrame, Array, and Bag collections, with single-machine and distributed schedulers; BSD-3 licensed, NumFOCUS-sponsored, latest release 2026.8.0.

Daskalovo

Daskalovo (Даскалово) names several Bulgarian places: a Roman-period fort and settlement in the Barrington Atlas (Pleiades 481799), the Pernik quarter with a 2nd-4th century sanctuary of Asclepius Keilaidenos, and a village in the Kardzhali region's Eastern Rhodopes.

Daskyleion

Daskyleion (Dascylium) was an Iron Age Anatolian city at Hisartepe on Lake Manyas in northwestern Turkey, serving as the Persian satrapal center of Hellespontine Phrygia until its destruction in 334 BC.

Dasmariñas

Dasmariñas (City of Dasmariñas, Cavite) is a first-class component city in Cavite, Philippines, 75 barangays, 744,511 residents (2024), city since 2009, home of the Paruparo Festival, Cavite's richest LGU.

Daşoguz

Daşoguz (Дасогуз), formerly Tashauz or Dashkhovuz, is a city in northern Turkmenistan, capital of Daşoguz Province near the Uzbek border; founded 1681, cold desert climate, population about 201,142.

Daşoguz Welaýaty

Daşoguz Welaýaty (Daşoguz welaýaty), also Dashoguz velayat, is Turkmenistan's northernmost province, capital Daşoguz city. Area 73,400 km², population about 1.55 million, leading national cattle breeding and milk production, lower Amu Darya irrigation, ancient Khorezm heritage.

Dasomi Jung

Jung Dasomi (정다소미, born 1990), South Korean recurve archer; world number one in 2011 after winning the London Olympic test event, missed the 2012 Games, then won individual and team gold at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and team gold in 2018.

Dasotraline

Dasotraline (SEP-225289) is an investigational dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor developed by Sunovion for ADHD and binge-eating disorder; trials showed efficacy, but its NDAs were withdrawn in 2020 and it was never marketed.

Dassault Aviation

Dassault Aviation, formerly Avions Marcel Dassault, is a French aerospace company that builds the Rafale fighter jet, Falcon business jets, drones, and space systems, with over 10,000 aircraft delivered since 1916.

Dassault DELMIA Apriso

Dassault DELMIA Apriso is a manufacturing operations management suite by Dassault Systèmes, combining MES functionality with quality, warehouse, and maintenance tools; it was acquired from Apriso Corporation in 2013.

Dassault Falcon 20

The Dassault Falcon 20, originally the Mystère 20, is a French twin-engine business jet first flown in 1963, Dassault's first business jet and the initial model of the Falcon family.

Dassault Falcon 2000

The Dassault Falcon 2000 is a twin-engine large-cabin business jet built by Dassault Aviation of France, developed from the three-engine Falcon 900 and in service since 1995.

Dassault Falcon 50

The Dassault Falcon 50 is a French three-engine long-range business jet by Dassault Aviation, first flown in 1976, the first business aircraft certified to cross the North Atlantic.

Dassault Falcon 7X

The Dassault Falcon 7X is a three-engine, ultra-long-range business jet built by French maker Dassault Aviation, the first business jet with digital fly-by-wire controls, delivered from 2007 to 2023.

Dassault Falcon 900

The Dassault Falcon 900, known in RAF service as the Dassault Envoy IV, is a French three-engine long-range business jet built by Dassault Aviation since 1986, culminating in the Falcon 900LX.

Dassault Mercure

The Dassault Mercure was a French short-haul twinjet airliner for roughly 150 passengers, conceived as a Boeing 737 competitor and flown only by Air Inter from 1974 to 1995.

Dassault Mirage 2000

The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French single-engine, delta-wing multirole fighter developed by Dassault Aviation, first flown in 1978, with about 600 built and half exported.

Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D

The Dassault Mirage 2000N and 2000D are two-seat strike variants of the Mirage 2000 built for the French Air Force, the N nuclear and the D conventional.

Dassault Mirage 4000

The Dassault Mirage 4000, also marketed as the Super Mirage 4000, was a French twin-engine prototype fighter first flown in 1979 that no air force ever ordered.

Dassault Mirage 5

The Dassault Mirage 5, or Mirage V, is a French delta-wing fighter-bomber first flown in 1967, a simplified, radar-less derivative of the Mirage III E.

Dassault Mirage F1

The Dassault Mirage F1 is a French supersonic fighter and attack aircraft built by Dassault Aviation, the French Air Force's principal interceptor from 1974 to 2014.

Dassault Mirage III

The Dassault Mirage III is a French delta-wing fighter-bomber, first flown in 1956, that became the first western European aircraft to reach Mach 2 in level flight.

Dassault Mirage IV

The Dassault Mirage IV was a French twin-engine supersonic strategic bomber, the first delivery system of France's independent nuclear deterrent, serving with the Armée de l'Air from 1964 to 2005.

Dassault Mystère IV

The Dassault Mystère IV, derived from the Mystère II, was a French single-seat fighter-bomber. It achieved a transonic milestone in 1953 and was exported to Israel and India.

Dassault nEUROn

The Dassault nEUROn is a European stealth jet-powered combat drone technology demonstrator led by Dassault Aviation, uniting six countries' aerospace industries, first flown at Istres, France, in 2012.