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Diode array detection
Diode array detection (DAD), also called photodiode array detection, is a UV-Vis detector for liquid chromatography that records a full spectrum at every data point.
Diode bridge
A diode bridge, also called a Graetz bridge or bridge rectifier, is a circuit of four diodes that provides full-wave rectification in AC-to-DC power conversion.
Diode modeling
Diode modeling is the circuit-analysis practice of representing a diode's current–voltage behavior, charge storage, and breakdown with a compact set of equations, notably the Shockley equation, that SPICE-type simulators solve.
Diode modelling
Diode modeling is the construction of mathematical models representing a semiconductor diode in circuit simulators like SPICE, combining the Shockley equation with resistance, capacitance, and temperature terms.
Diode-pumped solid-state laser
A diode-pumped solid-state laser (DPSSL) is a solid-state laser, typically Nd:YAG, pumped by laser diodes rather than flashlamps, giving roughly ten times the efficiency and far longer lifetimes.
Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus (Διόδωρος ὁ Ταρσεύς) was a monk, presbyter of Antioch, and bishop of Tarsus who led the Antiochene school and taught John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia.
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus (Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης), first-century BCE Greek historian from Agyrium, Sicily, author of the forty-book Bibliotheca Historica universal history to Caesar; books 1-5 and 11-20 survive intact and are a key source for Philip II and the Successors.
Diogeneion
Diogeneion (Διογένειον), ancient Athenian gymnasium or palaestra named for the Macedonian commander Diogenes, liberator of Athens in 229 BC; headquarters of ephebic education from the Hellenistic era until the Herulian sack of AD 267, probably in Plaka near St. Demetrios Katiphori.
Diogenes (Διογένης)
Diogenes of Sinope (Διογένης, c. 412/403–324/321 BCE), the paradigmatic Cynic philosopher, exiled from Sinope over coinage defacing, lived in a pithos in Athens, taught autarkeia, parrhēsia, and cosmopolitanism, and shaped Stoicism through Crates and Zeno.
Diogenes and Alexander
Diogenes and Alexander: the famous encounter between Diogenes of Sinope the Cynic and Alexander the Great at Corinth, told in Plutarch Alexander 14 and Diogenes Laertius 6.38; 'stand out of my sun,' its sources, historicity debate, and Onesicritus origin hypothesis.
Diogenes Club
Diogenes Club: fictional silent London gentlemen's club in Conan Doyle's "The Greek Interpreter" (1893), founded by Mycroft Holmes; no talking except the Stranger's Room; subject of real-club identification debates and real-life namesake societies.
Diogenes Laertius
Diogenes Laertius was a Greek author of the early third century CE whose Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is the main ancient source on Greek philosophy.
Diogenes of Babylon
Diogenes of Babylon (Diogenes of Seleucia), c. 240–150 BC, Stoic philosopher, pupil of Chrysippus and fifth head of the Athenian Stoa; joined the 155 BCE embassy of philosophers to Rome, revised Stoic doctrine in logic, ethics, and music, and taught Antipater and Panaetius.
Diogenes syndrome
Diogenes syndrome, also called senile squalor, is a neurobehavioral syndrome of severe self-neglect, domestic squalor, hoarding, lack of shame, and refusal of help, named by Clark et al. in 1975 and not listed in DSM-5 or ICD-10.
DIOGENES trial
DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) trial, NCT00390637: pan-European randomized trial in eight countries testing high vs low protein and glycemic index ad libitum diets for weight-loss maintenance; higher protein reduced regain.
Diogo Alves
Diogo Alves (1810–1841), nicknamed O Pancada, the "Aqueduct Killer" of Lisbon's Águas Livres Aqueduct; Galician-born criminal hanged for the 1839 Andrade house murders, with his preserved head at the University of Lisbon.
Diogo Botelho
Diogo Botelho, known as "o moço", was a Portuguese nobleman who served as the eighth governor-general of the State of Brazil from 1602 to 1608.
Diogo Cão
Diogo Cão (also Cam), Portuguese navigator fl. 1480–86 under João II; first European to reach the Congo River (Rio Poderoso) and explore to Cape Cross, 21°50′ S; erected four padrões; opened Kongo–Portugal contact; fate after 1486 undocumented.
Diogo Costa
Diogo Costa (Diogo Meireles da Costa, born 1999, Rothrist, Switzerland) is a Portuguese goalkeeper and FC Porto captain, Portugal's No. 1 since 2021, famed for distribution and penalty saves, including three consecutive at Euro 2024.
Diogo Dalot
Diogo Dalot (José Diogo Dalot Teixeira), Portuguese full-back born 1999 in Braga; FC Porto youth product signed by Manchester United in 2018, AC Milan loanee, United's Players' Player of the Year 2023/24, and a Portugal international.
Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real
Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real (1658–1736) was a Portuguese diplomat and statesman who served as secretary of state to King John V from 1707 until his death.
Diogo do Couto
Diogo do Couto (1542–1616) was a Portuguese soldier, historian, and archivist who continued Joao de Barros's Decadas da Asia, covering the Portuguese empire in Asia from 1526 to 1600.
Diogo I of Kongo
Diogo I of Kongo, also known as Diogo Nkumbi a Mpudi, was Mani Kongo, ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo in West Central Africa, from 1545 to 1561.
Diogo Jota
Diogo Jota (Diogo José Teixeira da Silva, 1996-2025), Portuguese forward for Paços de Ferreira, Porto, Wolves, and Liverpool (65 goals in 182 games, 2025 Premier League winner) and Portugal; died in a car crash in Zamora, Spain, on 3 July 2025.
Diogo Lopes de Sequeira
Diogo Lopes de Sequeira was a Portuguese navigator sent by King Manuel I who made the first Portuguese contact with Malacca in 1509 and later served as governor of Portuguese India.
Diogo Morgado
Diogo Morgado (born 1981, Lisbon) is a Portuguese actor, director, and writer, the "Hot Jesus" of The Bible and Son of God, known for Laços de Sangue, CSI: Cyber, The Messengers, and directing O Lugar dos Sonhos.
Diogo Sousa (footballer, born 2006)
Diogo Lobão de Sousa (born 2006, Guimarães) is a Portuguese defensive midfielder, a Vitória SC academy product who won the 2025/26 Taça da Liga and joined RC Strasbourg Alsace in June 2026 for about €10 million.
Diogo Veloso
Diogo Veloso, also known as Diego Belloso, was a Portuguese adventurer who became a favorite of King Satha and carried Cambodia's 1593 request for aid against Siam to Manila.
Dioiketes
The dioiketes (διοικητής; plural dioiketai, also Dioecetes) was the chief financial official of Ptolemaic Egypt, seated in Alexandria; Apollonios under Ptolemy II is the best-known holder.
Diol
A diol is an organic compound containing two hydroxy groups, generally assumed alcoholic; aliphatic diols are also called glycols, ranging from ethylene glycol, the base of antifreeze, to sugar alcohols.