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Of or pertaining to two planes.

An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is…

Pertaining to the sending of two messages in the same direction at the same time. Diplex and contraplex are the two varieties of duplex.

Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.

Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary.

A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.

Diploic.

Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances. Wright.

ne for producing embossed writing for the blind and ordinary writing at the same time. -- Dip`lo*graph"ic*al (#), a. -- Dip*log"ra*phy (#), n.

Of or pertaining to the diploë.

A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.

A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution.

The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body. [R.] Burke.

A diplomatist.

To invest with a title o [R.] Wood.

Diplomatic. [R.]

A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.

Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.

According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.