DIC may refer to:
Biology and chemistry
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Diisopropylcarbodiimide
''N'','-Diisopropylcarbodiimide is a carbodiimide used in peptide synthesis. As a liquid, it is easier to handle than the commonly used Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, ''N'','-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, a waxy solid. In addition, ''N'','-diisopropylurea ...
, a reagent in organic chemistry
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a condition in which blood clots form throughout the body, blocking Microvessel, small blood vessels. Symptoms may include chest pain, shortness of breath, leg pain, problems speaking, or problems ...
, a pathological activation of coagulation (blood clotting) mechanisms
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Dissolved inorganic carbon, the sum of inorganic carbon species in a solution
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''Dic'' (crustacean), a genus of crustacean in the family
Diastylidae
Companies
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D.I.C. (department store), a New Zealand department store chain
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DIC Corporation
is a Japanese chemical company, specializing in the development, manufacture and sale of inks, pigments, polymers, specialty plastics and compounds and biochemicals.
It was founded in 1908 as Kawamura Ink Manufactory, renamed to Kawamura Kiju ...
, a Japanese chemical company
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DIC Entertainment
DIC Entertainment Corporation (; also known as DIC Audiovisuel, DIC Enterprises, DIC Animation City, DIC Entertainment, L.P., and DIC Productions, sometimes stylized as DİC) was a French American film and television production company that ...
, a former film and television production company
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Dic Press, an imprint of VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
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Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
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Dubai International Capital, a private equity company
Technology
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Differential interference contrast microscopy
Differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, also known as Nomarski interference contrast (NIC) or Nomarski microscopy, is an optical microscopy technique used to enhance the contrast in unstained, transparent samples. DIC works on the ...
, an illumination technique in optical microscopy
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Digital image correlation
Digital image correlation and tracking is an optical method that employs tracking and image registration techniques for accurate 2D and 3D measurements of changes in 2D images or 3D volumes. This method is often used to measure full-field displac ...
, an optical method that employs tracking and image registration techniques
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Digital integrating computer, a digital implementation of a Differential Analyzer
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Dependency injection container, a dependency management technique in software development.
Other
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Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)
Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) (DIC(K)) was a political party in Kerala, India. DIC(K) was founded at a meeting in Thrissur by the Kannoth Karunakaran, K. Karunakuran faction of the Indian National Congress on 1 May 2005. Initially it ...
, an Indian political party
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Deviance information criterion
The deviance information criterion (DIC) is a hierarchical modeling generalization of the Akaike information criterion (AIC). It is particularly useful in Bayesian model selection problems where the posterior distributions of the models have been ...
, a diagnostic statistic used in Bayesian model selection
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Dicyclic group
In group theory, a dicyclic group (notation Dic''n'' or Q4''n'', Coxeter&Moser: Generators and Relations for discrete groups: : Rl = Sm = Tn = RST) is a particular kind of non-abelian group of order 4''n'' (''n'' > 1). It is an extension of t ...
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Diploma of Imperial College, awarded by Imperial College London
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Drive-In Classics
Sundance Channel was a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment that aired various films.
The channel was founded in 2001 as Drive-In Classics by CHUM Limited, the owner of Citytv, that aired Drive-In ...
, a Canadian television station
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Drunk in charge, a drink driving crime in the United Kingdom
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Dubai Industrial City, a dedicated industrial city
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Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City (DIC) () is a neighborhood and an information technology and business park created by the Government of Dubai as a free economic zone in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
History
Dubai Internet City, a member of Dubai Holding s ...
, an information technology park
See also
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DIK
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Dick (disambiguation)
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