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dim.

abbr.
1. dimension
2. diminished
3. diminuendo
4. diminutive
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I was still on the hill-side upon which this house now stands, and the shoulder rose above me grey and dim. I saw trees growing and changing like puffs of vapour, now brown, now green; they grew, spread, shivered, and passed away.
These results suggest that milk yields after 305 DIM might be predicted by using those obtained before 305 DIM.
Ymhen tua blwyddyn, gwelais Dafydd ar y llwyfan yn canu geiriau llawn hiraeth 'Esgair Llyn', a'r alaw brudd Wyddelig yn ffitio'r geiriau i'r dim. Ar y map, roedd yr union enw hwnnw.
It could be seen that the cytochrome P450s family dominated, indicating that the metabolism is playing a crucial role in the mechanism of DIM. It was reported that statin drugs that usually cause myopathy through statin metabolism via the CYP system [18].
In essence, even the best control cannot make an LED bulb dim better (more smoothly, deeper, etc.) than it was designed to dim. Both poor driver design and improper pairing with a control can lead to unacceptable aesthetic performance, including flicker, drop-out, dead travel or acoustic noise (buzzing).