DM - Science and Technology

Science and Technology

  • Adamsite, a chemical agent used in riot control
  • The symbols for two SI units of length
    • Decimetre, or decimeter
    • Dekametre, or dekameter
  • n-Decyl β-D-Maltopyranoside, a detergent used when purifying membrane proteins
  • Degenerative myelopathy, a condition in dogs affecting the spinal cord
  • Dextromethorphan, an anti-coughing drug found in many preparations
  • Diabetes mellitus, a disease characterized by high blood sugar
  • Cantor's diagonal argument (diagonal metho), a mathematical proof of the uncountability of real numbers
  • Dichroic mirror, a mirror with different transmittance or reflectance at two different wavelengths
  • Difference due to Memory, an event related potential differentiating between later remembered versus forgotten items
  • Dispersion measure, the amount of dispersion of radio waves by interstellar medium
  • Distributed morphology, a framework for theories of morphology in generative linguistics
  • Dry matter, a measurement of the mass of something when completely dried
  • Myotonic dystrophy, dystrophia myotonica, DM-1/2/3, a disease characterized by wasting of muscles
  • SJ Dm3, and Dm, Swedish locomotives

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