Dimly
(Dim"ly), adv. In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.
Dimmish
(Dim"mish Dim"my) a. Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. "Dimmy clouds." Sir P. Sidney.
Dimness
(Dim"ness), n. [AS. dimness.]
1. The state or quality being dim; lack of brightness, clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. Dr. H. More.
Syn. — Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See Darkness.
Dimorph
(Di"morph`) n. [Gr. two-formed; di`s- twice (see Di-) + form.] (Crystallog.) Either one of the
two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs.
Dimorphic
(Di*mor"phic) a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.
Dimorphism
(Di*mor"phism) n. [Cf. F. dimorphisme.]
1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds
of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both
sexes of the same species of butterfly.
Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms.
Darwin. 2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium
carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
Dimorphous
(Di*mor"phous) a. [Cf. F. dimorphe.]
1. (Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic.
2. (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical
composition.
Dimple
(Dim"ple) n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See Dip, and cf. Dimble.]
1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek
or chin. Milton.
The dimple of her chin.
Prior. 2. A slight indentation on any surface.
The garden pool's dark surface . . .
Breaks into dimples small and bright.
Wordsworth. Dimple
(Dim"ple), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dimpled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dimpling ] To form dimples; to sink
into depressions or little inequalities.
And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
Dryden. Dimple
(Dim"ple), v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. Shak.
