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Dvorak technique
The Dvorak technique is a method for estimating tropical cyclone intensity from satellite imagery, developed by Vernon Dvorak at NOAA in the early 1970s and still the worldwide standard.
Dvortsovyi prikaz
Dvortsovyi prikaz (Дворцовый приказ), known as the Prikaz of the Great Palace, was the Muscovite central department administering the grand prince's palace lands and household from the mid-15th century.
DVS study
DVS study: research on the Dynamic Vision Sensor, an event camera reporting pixel-level brightness changes at microsecond resolution. Covers origins (Mahowald and Mead silicon retina), tracking, driving datasets, and the CARLA sim-to-real gap.
DVS128
DVS128 is a 128 × 128 pixel event camera, a dynamic vision sensor whose pixels asynchronously report light changes as digital events, described in 2008 by ETH Zurich researchers.
Dvsn
Dvsn (pronounced "division") is a Toronto alternative R&B duo of vocalist Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85 (Paul Jefferies). Formed 2015, OVO Sound signees known for Sept. 5th, Morning After, and A Muse in Her Feelings; later signed to So So Def/HYBE.
DVT trial
DVT trial: randomized clinical trials of deep vein thrombosis treatment, chiefly cancer-associated VTE trials such as CARAVAGGIO, ADAM VTE, and ONCO DVT, comparing apixaban, edoxaban, rivaroxaban, and dalteparin for efficacy and bleeding.
Dvyashraya Kavya
The Dvyashraya Kavya, also known as the Kumarapalacharita, is a Sanskrit and Prakrit historical court poem composed around 1160 by the Jain monk and grammarian Hemachandra.
Dwaben War
The Dwaben War, also called the Kumase-Dwaben civil war, was an 1875 conflict in which Kumasi defeated the seceding Asante province of Juaben, whose refugees founded New Juaben.
Dwane Casey
Dwane Casey (born 1957) is an American basketball coach, 2018 NBA Coach of the Year with the Toronto Raptors, former head coach of the Timberwolves, Raptors, and Pistons (494-570), now Pistons Senior Advisor of Basketball Operations.
Dwango
Dwango (株式会社ドワンゴ) is a Tokyo-based Japanese internet media company founded by Nobuo Kawakami in 1997, best known as the operator of Niconico and a subsidiary of KADOKAWA since 2014.
Dwango User Entertainment
Dwango User Entertainment (株式会社ドワンゴ・ユーザーエンタテインメント) was a Tokyo-based record company and rights administrator owned by Dwango, active in Vocaloid music until it was absorbed into Dwango in 2014.
Dwarakish (ದ್ವಾರಕೀಶ್)
Dwarakish (ದ್ವಾರಕೀಶ್), born Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath (1942–2024), was a Kannada film actor, comedian, director, and producer who founded Dwarakish Chitra in 1969, produced Mayor Muthanna and Apthamitra, and made the first Kannada film shot outside India.
Dwarf (folklore)
Dwarf (folklore): supernatural being of Germanic and Norse tradition, also called dvergr, Zwerg, or kääbus; a small underground smith skilled in magic, maker of Mjölnir and Draupnir, ancestor of the Tolkien fantasy dwarf.
Dwarf coconut
Dwarf coconut (Cocos nucifera var. nana), short self-pollinating coconut palm cultivars from Southeast Asia; 5–9 m tall, bears in 3–5 years, poor copra but used in D×T hybrids and tender coconut water.
Dwarf elephant
Dwarf elephants, extinct insular elephantids such as Palaeoloxodon falconeri and Mammuthus creticus, evolved from mainland ancestors via island rule dwarfism on Mediterranean and other islands, some only 1 m tall.
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress (Bay 12 Games) is a fantasy colony sim and roguelike by Tarn and Zach Adams, in development since 2002, released free in 2006 and on Steam with pixel graphics in 2022; known for deep procedural world simulation and inspiring Minecraft and RimWorld.
Dwarf galaxy
A dwarf galaxy is a small, low-luminosity galaxy containing about 100 million to a few billion stars, and the most common type of galaxy, often orbiting a larger host.
Dwarf mongoose optimization
Dwarf mongoose optimization (DMO) is a swarm-based metaheuristic, introduced by Agushaka, Ezugwu, and Abualigah in 2022, that mimics dwarf mongoose foraging and sleeping-site behavior to solve optimization problems.
Dwarf nova
A dwarf nova is a type of cataclysmic variable, a close binary in which a white dwarf accretes matter from a companion and brightens 2 to 8 magnitudes.
Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a celestial body that orbits the Sun, is nearly round, and has not cleared its orbital neighborhood, a category created in 2006.
Dwarf spheroidal galaxy
A dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) is a small, faint, gas-poor satellite galaxy with no disk, dominated in mass by dark matter; Sculptor, found in 1937, was the first known.
Dwarf star
A dwarf star is a star of average or low luminosity, mass, and size; unqualified, it means a main sequence star, like the Sun, fusing hydrogen in its core.
Dwarf wedgemussel
Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon, Prolasmidonta heterodon), a small endangered Atlantic-slope freshwater mussel from North Carolina to New Brunswick; extirpated in Canada after the Petitcodiac causeway blocked its American Shad host.
Dwarf-tossing
Dwarf-tossing, a 1980s bar entertainment originating in Australia in which patrons throw little people onto mattresses or Velcro walls; banned in Florida (1989), New York (1990), and France (Conseil d'État, 1995; Wackenheim v. France, UN 2002).
Dwarfism
Dwarfism, also called short stature or little person, is adult height of 4'10" (147 cm) or less from over 300 genetic or medical conditions; achondroplasia (FGFR3 mutation) is the most common cause, now with targeted drugs vosoritide and navepegritide.
Dwarka (દ્વારકા)
Dwarka (દ્વારકા), Gujarat: coastal pilgrimage town in Devbhumi Dwarka district, seat of the Dwarkadhish Temple and Sharada Matha, site of submerged-city marine archaeology and the Sudarshan Setu link to Beyt Dwarka; distinct from Delhi's Dwarka sub-city.
Dwarkadhish Temple
The Dwarkadhish Temple, also called Jagat Mandir, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna at Dwarka in Gujarat, India, one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites.
Dwarkanath Tagore
Dwarkanath Tagore (द्वारकानाथ टैगोर) was a Bengali entrepreneur and zamindar of Calcutta who founded Carr, Tagore & Company in 1834, ran coal mines and shipping, and was the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore.
Dwarkesh Patel (દ્વારકેશ પટેલ)
Dwarkesh Patel (Gujarati: દ્વારકેશ પટેલ), born 2000, is an American podcaster, host of Dwarkesh Podcast (founded 2020 as the Lunar Society), author of The Scaling Era, and a TIME100 AI 2024 honoree known for deeply researched interviews with AI leaders.
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen (Across Flanders) is a Belgian WorldTour one-day race held the Wednesday before the Tour of Flanders, Roeselare to Waregem; Filippo Ganna won the 2026 edition, and Yves Lampaert is its only back-to-back winner.