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Diverting ileostomy
A diverting ileostomy is a temporary surgical stoma that diverts stool away from a distal bowel anastomosis, usually after rectal resection, reducing leaks but often never being closed.
Divertor
A divertor is a magnetic-confinement fusion device component that intercepts plasma escaping the core and directs its heat and particles onto engineered target plates, as in tokamaks and stellarators.
Divertor detachment
Divertor detachment is a tokamak operating regime in which the plasma separates from the divertor target, sharply reducing heat and ion fluxes to the target plates.
Divertor detachment control
Divertor detachment control is the feedback regulation of plasma detachment in a tokamak divertor, using gas puffing to cut target heat loads while preserving core confinement.
Divertor Tokamak Test
The Divertor Tokamak Test (DTT) is an experimental fusion facility under construction at the ENEA Frascati Research Centre near Rome, Italy, testing power-exhaust solutions for the ITER and DEMO reactors.
Divi's Laboratories
Divi's Laboratories is a Hyderabad-based Indian pharmaceutical company founded by Murli Divi in 1990, a leading maker of generic APIs and custom-synthesis partner for global drug companies.
Divide
Divide (drainage divide, water parting): elevated boundary separating drainage basins, from minor ridges to continental divides like the Rockies' Great Divide; divides migrate at 0.001–10 mm/yr and can shift with erosion, uplift, or pumping.
Divide-and-conquer algorithm
The divide-and-conquer method solves a problem by recursively breaking it into smaller subproblems, solving them independently, and combining the solutions; merge sort and quicksort are classic examples.
Divide–expand–consolidate coupled cluster
Divide–expand–consolidate coupled cluster, known as DEC, is a local correlation method in quantum chemistry developed by Poul Jørgensen and coworkers at Aarhus University, giving linear-scaling calculations with rigorous error control.
Divided Heaven
Divided Heaven (German: Der geteilte Himmel) is a 1963 narrative by East German writer Christa Wolf, one of the best-known works of East German literature.
Divided We Fall
Divided We Fall (Musíme si pomáhat) is a 2000 Czech war tragicomedy by Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský in which a childless couple hides a Jewish escapee under Nazi occupation; it won five Czech Lions and earned a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination.
Dividend
Dividend: a distribution of a corporation's profits to shareholders, typically cash and typically quarterly, declared by the board of directors. Key mechanics: record date, ex-dividend date, types, theories, and US tax treatment.
Dividend discount model
The dividend discount model (DDM), also called the Gordon growth model, is a stock valuation method that prices a share as the present value of all expected future dividends.
Dividend Finance
Dividend Finance is an American financial technology company that provides point-of-sale lending for residential solar installations and home improvement, and has been owned by Fifth Third Bancorp since 2022.
Dividend irrelevance theory
Dividend irrelevance theory is the 1961 Miller and Modigliani proposition that, given a firm's investment policy, dividend payout policy affects neither share price nor total shareholder return.
Dividend payout ratio
The dividend payout ratio is the share of a company's net income paid out as dividends, computed as dividends divided by earnings; above 100% is a warning sign.
Dividend policy
Dividend policy is the set of rules by which a corporation returns cash to shareholders, choosing among regular dividends, special dividends, and share repurchases, and how much earnings to retain.
Dividend reinvestment plan
A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP), also called a dividend reinvestment program, automatically uses cash dividends to buy additional shares of the same company instead of paying them out.
Dividend yield
Dividend yield, also called the dividend-price ratio, is a financial ratio expressing annual dividends per share as a percentage of the current share price, used to compare income stocks.
Divin Castle
Divín Castle (Divínsky hrad), a ruined medieval castle above Divín village, Lučenec District, Slovakia; founded by the Lučenec lords, Ottoman-held 1575-1593, destroyed by Imperial troops in 1683 after robber knight Imrich Balassa; distinct from Devín Castle.
Divinare
Divinare is a 2012 bluffing and deduction card game by Brett J. Gilbert, published by Asmodee, for 2–4 players in about 30 minutes; players predict how many cards of four divination suits will be played, and it made the 2013 Spiel des Jahres recommended list.
Divination
Divination, also called the divinatory arts, is the practice of seeking knowledge of future or hidden matters through a fixed procedure read as a message from spirits.
Divine (performer)
Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead, 1945-1988), Baltimore drag performer and John Waters collaborator, star of Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, and Hairspray, also a disco singer with hits like You Think You're A Man.
Divine (rapper)
Divine, real name Vivian Fernandes, is a Mumbai gully rap pioneer whose 2015 track Mere Gully Mein with Naezy launched Indian street hip-hop and inspired the film Gully Boy; debut album Kohinoor on Nas's Mass Appeal India.
Divine Bell of King Seongdeok
The Divine Bell of King Seongdeok, also known as the Emille Bell, is a bronze temple bell cast in 771 during Unified Silla, designated National Treasure of South Korea.
Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia; Dante's Comedìa) is Dante Alighieri's 14,233-line terza rima poem in three cantiche of a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, begun around 1307, preserved in about 800 manuscripts, first printed in 1472, and translated into more than 50 languages.
Divine Comedy (2025 film)
Divine Comedy (Komedie Elahi, کمدی الهی) is a 2025 satirical drama by Iranian director Ali Asgari, premiering in Venice Orizzonti, about a banned filmmaker's one-day Vespa odyssey through Tehran to screen his censored film underground.
Divine Divinity
Divine Divinity is a 2002 single-player action role-playing game for PC by Belgian studio Larian Studios, combining Diablo-style combat with the open world and quest depth of Baldur's Gate.
Divine grace
Divine grace, also called the grace of God, is the free and undeserved help God gives human beings, a central doctrine of Christian theology since Augustine.
Divine Intervention (يد إلهية)
Divine Intervention (يد إلهية, Yadon ilaheyya) is Elia Suleiman's 2002 Palestinian-French satirical comedy about lovers separated by an Israeli checkpoint; first Palestinian film in Cannes competition, winning the Jury Prize and FIPRESCI, later barred then readmitted for Oscar consideration.