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Dimona (דימונה)
Dimona (דימונה) is a development town turned city in Israel's Negev Desert, founded 19 September 1955 by North African immigrants, population about 40,000, planning growth to 100,000 under a 2018 five-billion-ILS housing agreement.
Dimond Saints
Dimond Saints is an American bass music duo from Oakland, California, formed by producers An-Ten-Nae (Adam Ohana) and Releece (Reece Rosenfeld), known for Hype Machine-charting remixes and festival sets.
Dimonika Biosphere Reserve
Dimonika Biosphere Reserve (Réserve de la Biosphère de Dimonika) is a UNESCO MAB site in the Mayombe mountains of the Republic of the Congo, designated 1 March 1988, covering 136,000 ha of Guineo-Congolese rainforest and savanna.
Dimorphism and virulence traits of pathogenic yeasts
Dimorphism and virulence traits of pathogenic yeasts: the yeast-hypha switch in Candida albicans and thermodimorphic fungi (Histoplasma, Blastomyces, Coccidioides), its regulation by temperature and signaling pathways, and roles in invasion, biofilms, and dissemination.
Dimorphos
Dimorphos is the smaller member, or moonlet, of the binary near-Earth asteroid Didymos, about 560 feet across and the target of NASA's DART impact in 2022, the first asteroid deflection test.
Dimos Poulikakos
Dimos Poulikakos (born 1955) is a thermodynamicist who was Professor of Thermodynamics at ETH Zurich from 1996 to 2024, having founded its Laboratory of Thermodynamics in Emerging Technologies.
DIMOSPAF study
DIMOSPAF (NCT02563379) is a registered observational study by Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, testing whether abnormal 24-hour blood pressure dipping and morning surge associate with silent paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in hypertension; no results posted.
Dimoxystrobin
Dimoxystrobin, a BASF strobilurin (QoI) fungicide launched in 2004 for cereals, binds the cytochrome bc1 Qo site; EU approval was not renewed in 2023 over groundwater metabolites 505M08 and 505M09.
Dimple
Dimple: a small skin indentation, most often on the cheek, caused by a bifid zygomaticus major muscle tethering the skin during smiling; also chin dimples, genetics, and dimpleplasty.
Dimple Kapadia (डिम्पल कपाड़िया)
Dimple Kapadia (डिम्पल कपाड़िया), born 1957, is an Indian actress who starred in Bobby (1973), married Rajesh Khanna at 16, and returned with Saagar (1985).
Dimple Yadav (डिंपल यादव)
Dimple Yadav (डिंपल यादव), Samajwadi Party Lok Sabha MP from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, wife of Akhilesh Yadav; four terms since 2012, won Kannauj unopposed in 2012 and Mainpuri by 2.88 lakh votes in 2022.
Dimpropyridaz
Dimpropyridaz (Axalion Active, Efficon) is a BASF pyridazine pyrazolecarboxamide proinsecticide, sole member of IRAC Group 36, silencing chordotonal neurons upstream of TRPV channels to control aphids, whiteflies, and other sucking pests.
DIMS trial
DIMS trial (NCT03165812), A Diabetes Improvement in Medical Therapy Versus SADJB Study: Malaysian trial comparing SADJB-SG bariatric surgery with intensive medical therapy for type 2 diabetes in Asian patients with BMI 23.5-30 kg/m2; 84 planned participants, no results posted.
Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine
Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) is a synthetic phosphatidylcholine with two saturated 14-carbon myristoyl chains and a phase transition near 24 °C, widely used in liposomes and model membranes for membrane studies and drug delivery.
DIN connector
A DIN connector, also called a DIN plug, is a circular connector standardized by the German Institute for Standardization and long used for audio, MIDI, and keyboard signals.
Din Tai Fung (鼎泰丰)
Din Tai Fung (鼎泰丰) is a Taiwanese restaurant chain founded in Taipei in 1958 by Yang Bing-yi as an oil shop, converted to xiaolongbao in 1972, known for 18-fold 21-gram soup dumplings, a 1993 New York Times top-ten listing, a Hong Kong Michelin star, and 170-plus restaurants worldwide.
Din-i Ilahi (دین الهی)
Din-i Ilahi (دین الهی) was an ethical and devotional circle founded by Mughal emperor Akbar in the early 1580s, never numbering more than about 19 adherents.
Dina 2 Gas Field
Dina 2 Gas Field (迪那2气田) is an abnormally high-pressure condensate gas field in the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, China, producing for the West-East Gas Pipeline since 2009.
Dina Asher-Smith
Dina Asher-Smith (Geraldina Asher-Smith, born 1995) is a British sprinter, the fastest British woman in history, holding national records of 10.83 (100m) and 21.88 (200m) and the 2019 world 200m title.
Dina Averina (Дина Алексеевна Аверина)
Dina Averina (Дина Алексеевна Аверина), born 1998 in Zavolzhye, is a retired Russian rhythmic gymnast, twin of Arina Averina, with four world all-around titles (2017-2021), a record 18 world golds, and Tokyo 2020 all-around silver.
Dina Belenkaya
Dina Belenkaya (Дина Беленькая), born 1993 in St. Petersburg, is a Woman Grandmaster (2016, WFM 2010), streamer and Chess.com commentator; federations Russia, Israel (2022), France (2026); peak rating 2364.
Dina Bell
Dina Bell, born Charles Dina Ebongué in 1953 in Douala, Cameroon, is a makossa singer who broke through in 1978 with the gold-record Yoma Yoma.
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (دينا بنت عبد الحميد)
Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (دينا بنت عبد الحميد), Hashemite princess and Queen of Jordan 1955-1957 as first wife of King Hussein, mother of Princess Alia, Cambridge graduate, later wife of PLO official Salah Taamari; died Amman 2019.
Dina Boluarte
Dina Boluarte (Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra), Peru's first woman president, served from December 2022 after Pedro Castillo's ouster until Congress removed her in October 2025 amid protest-killings probes and record-low approval.
Dina Bonnevie
Dina Bonnevie (Geraldyn Schaer Bonnevie, born 1962) is a Filipino actress, the "Drama Queen" of her generation, famous for Katorse and Temptation Island (1980), a FAMAS and FAP Best Actress winner, ex-wife of Vic Sotto, and widow of DV Savellano.
Dina Eastwood
Dina Eastwood, born Dina Marie Ruiz (later Dina Marie Fisher), American TV news anchor and actress; KSBW anchor, ex-wife of Clint Eastwood, star of E!'s Mrs. Eastwood & Company and manager of the band Overtone.
Dina Katabi
Dina Katabi is a Syrian-born computer scientist and electrical engineer at MIT known for wireless networking research and for contactless health sensing using radio signals and AI.
Dina Lohan
Dina Lohan (Donata Melina Nicolette Sullivan, born 1962) is an American TV personality, mother and manager of Lindsay Lohan, star of E!'s Living Lohan (2008) and Celebrity Big Brother 2018.
Dina Merrill
Dina Merrill (Nedenia Marjorie Hutton, 1923–2017), American actress, heiress, and philanthropist, daughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post and E.F. Hutton; starred in Desk Set, Operation Petticoat, and BUtterfield 8, and later co-owned RKO Pictures.
Dina Meyer
Dina Meyer (born 1968) is an American film and television actress from Queens, New York, known for Dizzy Flores in Starship Troopers, Barbara Gordon in Birds of Prey, Detective Allison Kerry in the Saw films, and roles in Johnny Mnemonic, Dragonheart, and Star Trek: Nemesis.