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Descriptive set theory
Descriptive set theory is the branch of mathematical logic that studies definable sets of real numbers and Polish spaces, including Borel, analytic, and coanalytic sets.
Descriptive statistics
Descriptive statistics is the branch of statistics that summarizes observed data set values using measures like the mean, median, standard deviation, histograms, and box plots.
Descriptor (chemistry)
In chemistry, a stereodescriptor is a rule-based affix such as R, S, E, or Z added to a chemical name to specify the configuration or conformation of a molecule.
Desdemona
Desdemona, Brabantio's daughter and Othello's wife in Shakespeare's tragedy, from Cinthio's Disdemona through textual history, criticism, Verdi's Otello, and modern stagings.
DeSean Jackson
DeSean Jackson, born 1986, is a retired NFL wide receiver from California, drafted 49th overall by the Eagles in 2008. Known as an elite deep threat with a 17.6-yard career catch average, three Pro Bowls, and the 2010 Miracle at the New Meadowlands punt return.
Desecration and preservation of Jewish cemeteries
Desecration and preservation of Jewish cemeteries covers vandalism, wartime destruction, tombstone reuse, and restoration of Jewish burial grounds, chiefly in Europe, where over 1,200 Polish cemeteries were destroyed.
Desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Europe
Desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Europe is the deliberate vandalism of Jewish burial grounds, a recurring form of antisemitic attack affecting an estimated 10,000 or more cemeteries.
Desegregation busing
Desegregation busing, also called mandatory or court-ordered busing, transported US students between neighborhoods to end racial school segregation after Brown v. Board; endorsed by Swann (1971), limited by Milliken (1974), largely ended by 1999-2007 orders.
Desegregation of high school athletics in the United States
The desegregation of high school athletics in the United States opened white interscholastic sports to Black students, mainly between the 1954 Brown decision and about 1970.
Desensitization (psychology)
Desensitization (systematic desensitization) is Joseph Wolpe's behavior therapy for phobias and anxiety, pairing graded exposure to a feared hierarchy with relaxation via reciprocal inhibition; now largely subsumed under exposure therapy.
Desenzano
Desenzano (Villa Romana di Desenzano del Garda): late antique Roman villa on Lake Garda's southern shore, excavated from 1921, with over 240 square meters of polychrome mosaics and an on-site Antiquarium museum.
Deseret alphabet
Deseret Alphabet: a 38-letter phonetic alphabet for English devised in 1850s Utah under Brigham Young, chiefly by George D. Watt from Pitman shorthand; four books printed 1868-1869, abandoned by 1877, Unicode-encoded since 2001.
Deseret Peak
Deseret Peak, 11,031 ft, is the highest summit of Utah's Stansbury Mountains in Tooele County, a Cambrian quartzite ultra-prominence peak (5,807 ft) at the center of the Deseret Peak Wilderness.
Deserialization
Deserialization is the computing process that rebuilds data from a serialized format, such as a byte stream, into an in-memory object a program can use.
Deserpidine
Deserpidine, a Rauwolfia alkaloid antihypertensive related to reserpine, ATC C02AA05/C02LA03, formula C32H38N2O8, first approved 1957; brands Harmonyl, Oreticyl, Enduronyl; depletes catecholamines.
Desert
Desert: arid land with under about 25 cm annual precipitation covering roughly one third of Earth's land surface; includes hot, cold, and coastal types; threatened by irreversible desertification affecting up to 40% of land.
Desert Air Force
The Desert Air Force, also known as the Western Desert Air Force, was the RAF formation supporting the Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy from 1941 to 1945.
Desert climate
A desert climate, also called an arid climate, is one where potential evapotranspiration exceeds annual precipitation, divided by the Köppen-Geiger system into hot desert (BWh) and cold desert (BWk).
Desert Diamond Arena
Desert Diamond Arena, formerly Glendale Arena and Gila River Arena, is a city-owned indoor arena in Glendale, Arizona, opened in 2003 for the Arizona Coyotes.
Desert Eagle
The Desert Eagle, also known as the Deagle, is a large-frame gas-operated semi-automatic pistol developed by Magnum Research and first marketed in 1983 as the Mark I chambered in .357 Magnum.
Desert Fathers
The Desert Fathers, or Fathers of the desert, were early Christian hermits and monks who practiced asceticism in the Egyptian desert from the third century.
Desert Hearts
Desert Hearts, Donna Deitch's 1985 lesbian romance adapted from Jane Rule's novel Desert of the Heart, stars Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau in 1959 Reno; first mainstream feature with a positive lesbian love story, restored by Criterion in 2017.
DESERT HEARTS TAKEOVER W MIKEY LION + LEE REYNOLDS
Desert Hearts Takeover with Mikey Lion and Lee Reynolds is a club event by the Desert Hearts house and techno collective, founded in San Diego in 2012.
Desert Hot Springs, California
Desert Hot Springs, California: a Riverside County city in the northern Coachella Valley, incorporated 1963, famed for hot mineral spring spa resorts, the Desert Hot Springs Subbasin aquifer, and a 2026 data center moratorium.
Desert House
Desert House (Wüstenhaus Schönbrunn) is Vienna's desert zoo exhibit in a 1904 Jugendstil glasshouse by Alfons Custodis, run by Tiergarten Schönbrunn and the Austrian Federal Gardens since 2003, with naked mole rats, succulents, and Aldabra tortoises.
Desert Inn
Desert Inn, also Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn or the D.I., was a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino opened April 24, 1950, financed by Moe Dalitz, bought by Howard Hughes in 1967, closed in 2000; Wynn Las Vegas now occupies the site.
Desert Island Discs
Developed by Roy Plomley and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1942, Desert Island Discs is a radio program where a "castaway" chooses eight music tracks and a book.
Desert locust
Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria), FAO's most destructive migratory pest; swarming grasshopper of Africa, Near East, and South-West Asia; swarms of 40-80 million per km2 eat their own weight daily and plagues can cover 29 million km2.
Desert Newco, LLC
Desert Newco, LLC is a Delaware company formed in 2011 that serves as the legal entity through which GoDaddy operates its domain-registration and hosting business.
Desert pavement
A desert pavement is a natural surface covering of closely packed, interlocking rock fragments over fine-grained sediment in arid regions, formed largely as wind-blown dust accumulates beneath the stones.