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Deductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning: inference where true premises necessitate a true conclusion; valid arguments are truth-preserving and monotonic. Contrasted with induction and abduction; rooted in Aristotle's Prior Analytics syllogistic.
Deductive-nomological model
The deductive-nomological model, also known as the DN or covering-law model, is a 1948 account of scientific explanation by Carl G. Hempel and Paul Oppenheim.
Dedumose I
Dedumose I, also known as Dudimose I, was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Second Intermediate Period, counted as the eleventh king of the Sixteenth (Theban) Dynasty.
Dedumose II
Djedneferre Dedumose II was a poorly attested pharaoh of Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, known mainly from a Gebelein stela and listed as the twelfth king of the Theban Sixteenth Dynasty.
Deduplication and privacy (extraction risk reduction)
Deduplication for privacy removes exact and near-exact repeats from language-model training corpora, reducing how often models memorize and verbatim regurgitate personal information, including through extraction attacks.
Deduplication of training data
Deduplication of training data is the set of techniques that remove duplicate and near-duplicate documents from language-model corpora, cutting verbatim memorization tenfold and shrinking datasets by up to 19%.
Deduplication-yields-compression equivalence
The deduplication-yields-compression equivalence is the theoretical claim that removing duplicate documents from a language-model training corpus is lossless compression, since minimizing log-loss equals minimizing encoding bits.
Dedusobek Bebi
Dedusobek Bebi was an Egyptian high official of the late 13th Dynasty who held the office of Great Scribe of the Vizier and is known from a stela in the Louvre.
Dedza District
Dedza District, Central Region, Malawi: 3,624 km2 district south of Lilongwe on the Mozambique border, population 830,512 (2018), tobacco and horticulture economy, Dedza Mountain, Chongoni Rock Art.
Dee Avelar
Dagmara "Dee" Avelar is an American Democratic politician who has represented Illinois's 85th House district since her 2020 election and serves as Assistant Majority Leader.
Dee Barnes
Dee Barnes (Denise Barnes) is an American TV host and hip-hop journalist who anchored Fox's "Pump It Up" and was assaulted by Dr. Dre in January 1991 at a Hollywood nightclub; her $22 million lawsuit was settled out of court.
Dee Bradley Baker
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor, born August 31 in Bloomington, Indiana, known for the Star Wars clone troopers, Perry the Platypus, Klaus, and unaltered creature and animal vocalizations.
Dee C Lee
Dee C Lee (Diane Catherine Sealy), English soul and pop singer born 1961 in Balham, London; Wham! backing vocalist, Style Council member, Slam Slam half, and solo artist behind the 1985 UK number three hit "See the Day" and the 2024 album Just Something.
Dee D. Drell
Dee D. Drell is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003.
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater, born Denise Eileen Garrett, is an American jazz singer and actress from Memphis whose Grammy Awards and 1975 Tony Award anchor a six-decade career.
Dee Dee Myers
Dee Dee Myers (born 1961) is an American political consultant, first female White House press secretary under Bill Clinton (1993–1994), later Vanity Fair editor, CBS analyst, and Warner Bros. communications executive.
Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone, born Douglas Glenn Colvin (1951–2002), founding bassist and primary songwriter of punk band the Ramones; wrote "53rd & 3rd" and "Chinese Rocks," left in 1989 to rap as Dee Dee King, died of a heroin overdose.
Dee Dee Warwick
Dee Dee Warwick (Delia Mae Warrick), American soul singer, younger sister of Dionne Warwick; R&B hits "You're No Good", "Foolish Fool", "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"; two Grammy nominations; died 2008.
Dee E. Fenner
Dee E. Fenner is an American urogynecologist who chairs Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025.
Dee Ford
Dee Ford (born 1991) is a retired American football edge rusher from Auburn, drafted 23rd overall in 2014 by the Chiefs, a 2018 Pro Bowler traded to the 49ers in 2019, known for the 2019 AFC Championship offside penalty and back injuries.
Dee Hsu
Dee Hsu (徐熙娣), known as Xiao S or Small S, is a Taiwanese TV host who debuted in the duo S.O.S./ASOS with sister Barbie Hsu, hosted 100% Entertainment and Kangsi Coming (2004–2016) with Kevin Tsai, and won Golden Bell Awards including 2025 Best Variety Show Host for Miss Xi Di.
Dee Island
Dee Island, a small crescent-shaped Antarctic island off the north side of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, English Strait; charted and named in 1935 by Discovery II personnel, with a 260 m peak at its south end.
Dee Murray
Dee Murray, born David Murray Oates, was an English bass guitarist for the Elton John Band from 1970 to 1975 and again in the early 1980s.
Dee Ocleppo
Dee Ocleppo is a luxury lifestyle brand founded by Dee Ocleppo Hilfiger, wife of Tommy Hilfiger, around 2012, known for interchangeable Italian-made handbags, footwear, apparel, the DO by Dee Ocleppo line, and her Judith Leiber creative directorship.
Dee Reynolds
Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds, fictional bartender at Paddy's Pub in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, twin sister of Dennis, played by Kaitlin Olson; originally written as the voice of reason, later the Gang's scapegoat.
Dee Snider
Dee Snider, born Daniel Snider in 1955, is an American singer best known as lead vocalist and songwriter of Twisted Sister, famous for "We're Not Gonna Take It."
Dee Wallace
Dee Wallace (Deanna Lee Bowers, born 1948, Kansas City, Kansas) is an American actress famous for The Howling, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Cujo, with over 90 film credits and work as an author and acting teacher.
Deebo Samuel
Deebo Samuel Sr. (born 1996) is an NFL wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, drafted 36th overall in 2019; 2021 All-Pro with 1,770 scrimmage yards, traded to Washington in 2025, returned to the 49ers in 2026.
Deed
Deed: a formal written legal document, signed, witnessed, and delivered, that passes or creates interests in property, notably land. Covers English law execution formalities, electronic signatures, and deeds versus title registration.
Deed of trust (real estate)
A deed of trust is a US real-estate security instrument used in some states instead of a mortgage, with three parties (trustor, beneficiary, trustee, usually a title company), and a power-of-sale clause that permits nonjudicial foreclosure without a court order.