DI

See also: Appendix:Variations of "di"

English

Noun

DI (countable and uncountable, plural DIs)

1. (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of detective inspector; a police rank.
2. (medicine) Initialism of dens invaginatus.
3. (medicine) Initialism of diabetes insipidus.
4. (medicine) Initialism of disposition index.
5. (computer graphics) Initialism of diffused illumination.
6. (software architecture) Initialism of dependency injection.
7. (automotive) Initialism of direct injection (“fuel injection”).
8. Initialism of ductile iron.
9. (music) Initialism of direct input.

   DI unit

10. (music) Short for DI unit.

    recorded with a DI

11. (video games) Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).

Related terms

• (computing) CDI
• (detective inspector): DCI, DS, DC

fuel injection

• TBI
• PI
• DFI
• GDI
• PDI

See also

• (detective inspector): supt., PC, WPC

Anagrams

• Id, I'd, id., I-D, id, I.D., -id, ID

Finnish

Noun

DI

1. Initialism of diplomi-insinööri (“MSc, Master of Science (Technology)”).
2. Abbreviation of diesel (“diesel fuel”).

Usage notes

• Though increasingly uncommon, DI is used as a title, akin to tri (“Dr”), FT (“PhD”), LT, and LKT (“MD”). Compare German DI.

DI Matti Meikäläinen

German

Noun

DI

1. Initialism of Dipl.-Ing. (an abbreviation of Diplomingenieur or Diplomingenieurin.)

Lithuanian

Noun

DI m

1. (artificial intelligence) Initialism of dirbtinis intelektas.

Swedish

Proper noun

DI c (genitive DI:s)

1. Initialism of Dagens Industri. ("Industry Daily", a leading business newspaper in Sweden.)

Anagrams

• id