Def or DEF may refer to:
Music
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Def (instrument)
The tambourine is a musical instrument in the Percussion instrument, percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingle (percussion), jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine den ...
, a Middle Eastern musical instrument
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DEF II'', a British youth TV programme
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Def American, a rock and rap record label
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Def Jam Recordings, a rap record label
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Def Jux, a rap record label
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Sheffield in 1977. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drummer), Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen (guitar, ...
, a British hard rock band
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So So Def Recordings, a rap record label
Other uses
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def, a
keyword in Python and
PostScript
PostScript (PS) is a page description language and dynamically typed, stack-based programming language. It is most commonly used in the electronic publishing and desktop publishing realm, but as a Turing complete programming language, it c ...
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Danish EL-Federation, Danish trade union for electricians
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Design Exchange Format
{{about, the specification for representing a circuit, the CAD data file format, AutoCAD DXF
Design Exchange Format (DEF) is an open specification for representing physical layout of an integrated circuit in an ASCII format. It represents the n ...
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Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory in Kraków, Poland
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Diesel exhaust fluid
Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF; also known as AUS 32 and sometimes marketed as AdBlue) is a liquid used to reduce the amount of air pollution created by a diesel engine. Specifically, DEF is an aqueous urea solution made with 32.5% urea and 67.5% ...
, or DEF, also known as AdBlue or AUS 32
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Disarmed Enemy Forces
Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEF, less commonly, Surrendered Enemy Forces) is a US designation for soldiers who surrender to an adversary after hostilities end, and for those POWs who had already surrendered and were held in camps in occupied German ...
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Diethylformamide
Diethylformamide is an organic compound with the formula C5H11NO. As its name indicates, it is structurally related to formamide, having two ethyl group
In organic chemistry, an ethyl group (abbr. Et) is an alkyl substituent with the formu ...
, an organic solvent
People with the name
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Mos Def
Yasiin Bey ( ; born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), formerly known as Mos Def ( ), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. A prominent figure in conscious hip hop, he is recognized for his use of wordplay and commentary on social an ...
, a rap artist
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Def Jef
Def Jef is the stage name of Jeffrey Fortson (born September 27, 1970), an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Harlem, New York City.
His debut album was 1989's '' Just a Poet wi ...
, a rap artist
See also
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Defcon (disambiguation)
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Deaf (disambiguation)
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