Look up: Dike

1. Dike
   A low wall that can act as a barrier to prevent a spill from spreading.
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2. Dike
   Sometimes written as dyke; earth structure along a sea or river in order to protect LITTORAL lands from flooding by high water; DIKES along rivers are sometimes called levees.
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3. dike
   [v] - enclose with a dike
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4. Dike
   Ancient Greek concept of Justice, at times personified, typically as one of the Horae (goddesses of the seasons) with Peace (Irene) and Good Order (Eunomia), daughters of Themis and Zeus. ...
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5. dike
   1)A relatively low wall or long ridge constructed along a coast, an embankment against the sea, particularly for the protection of low land, as in Holland, or port and water installations; 2)In geology and mining, a fissure in a stratum, usually filled with deposited material; Also written dyke C...
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6. Dike
   Dike (dī) noun [ Middle English dic , dike , diche , ditch, Anglo-Saxon dīc dike, ditch; akin to Dutch dijk dike, German deich , and probably teich pond, Icelandic dīki dike...
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7. Dike
   Dike transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Diked ; present participle & verbal noun Diking .] [ Middle English diken , dichen , Anglo-Saxon dīcian to d...
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8. Dike
   Dike intransitive verb To work as a ditcher; to dig. [ Obsolete] « He would thresh and thereto dike and delve.» Chaucer.
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9. dike
   An embankment (usually of earth) constructed to keep water in or out of a given area. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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10. dike
    dyke verb enclose with a dike; `dike the land to protect it from water`
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11. Dike
    • (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig. • (v. t.) To drain by a dike or ditch. • (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee. • (n.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata. • (n.) ...
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12. dike
    (from the article `Greek law`) ...the Greek view, the trial served to determine the justification of a claim to seize the defendant`s person or belongings or both by way of an ...
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13. dike
    (from the article `harbours and sea works`) A prime example of the first purpose was the enclosure in 1926–32, by means of a dike some 17 miles in length, of a large inlet known as the ... [3 related articles]
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14. dike
    in geology, tabular or sheetlike igneous body that is often oriented vertically or steeply inclined to the bedding of preexisting intruded rocks; ... [5 related articles]
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15. Dike
    Dike The Greek goddess of moral justice.
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16. dike
    To remove or disable a portion of something, as a wire from a computer or a subroutine from a program. A standard slogan is 'When in doubt, dike it out'. (The implication is that it is usually more effective to attack software problems by reducing complexity than by increasing it.) The word 'dike...
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17. dike
    dike, in technology: see levee.
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18. Dike
    Dike: see Horae.
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19. Dike
    Dike was the attendant of justice to Nemesis.
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20. Dike
    In geology, a dike or dyke is a term applied to intrusions of igneous rock, such as basalt, greenstone, etc, which fill up veins and fissures in the stratified systems, and sometimes project on the surface like walls.
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21. Dike
    A sheetlike body of igneous rock that cuts across layering or contacts in the rock into which it intrudes.
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22. Dike
    (geology) A `dike` or `dyke` in geology is a type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across Dikes can therefore be either intrusive or sedimentary in origin. Magmatic dikes: An intrusive dike is an igneous body with a very high aspect ratio, which ...
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23. Dike
    (mythology) In ancient Greek culture, `Dikē` (Greek: Δίκη, English translation: "justice") was the spirit of moral order and fair judgement based on immemorial custom, in the sense of socially enforced norms and conventional rules. According to Hesiod (Theogony
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