Di

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Di or DI may refer to:

Arts and media[]

Music[]

  • Di, a tone in the solfège ascending chromatic scale existing between Do and Re
  • dizi (instrument) or di, a Chinese transverse flute
  • D.I. (band), a punk band from Southern California

Other media[]

  • The D.I., 1957 military film by Jack Webb
  • Dagens Industri, a Swedish financial newspaper
  • DI.FM, an internet radio service

Businesses and organisations[]

Education[]

Natural sciences[]

People[]

Ethnic groups[]

  • Di (Five Barbarians) (), an ethnic group that overran northern China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period
  • Beidi or Northern Di (), ethnic groups living in northern China during the Zhou Dynasty

Individuals[]

  • Di (surname) (狄), a Chinese surname sometimes also romanized Dee, particularly:
    • Di Renjie a Tang-dynasty official later fictionalized in a series of Chinese detective stories
  • A diminutive form of the names:
    • Diana (given name)
    • Diane (disambiguation)
    • Dianne (disambiguation)
  • Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–1997), commonly known as Princess Di or Lady Di

Technology[]

  • Digital intermediate, a filmmaking post-production process
  • Dependency injection, a method of decoupling components in software
  • DI unit or Direct Input box, an audio device used with PA systems and in sound recording studios
  • DI register, or destination index, in x86 computer architecture
  • Direction indicator, an instrument in aviation also known as a heading indicator
  • Direct ignition, see Distributor § Direct ignition
  • Direct injection, a type of fuel injection

Religion[]

  • di (), a Chinese word employed in
    • the temple names of deified Chinese emperors
    • Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝, lit. "Lord on High"), the Chinese name for the supreme sky god either in native Chinese beliefs or in translation of monotheistic faiths like Christianity and Islam
  • di (Chinese concept) (), the concept of "earth" in traditional Chinese cosmologies
  • di, an irregular Latin masculine plural of deus ("god", "deity")

Other uses[]

  • Detective Inspector, a rank in certain police forces
  • Di (cuneiform), an ancient written sign
  • Diameter, the distance across the middle of a circle
  • Di Department, one of the eight departments of the Sourou Province in Burkina Faso
  • 501 (number) in Roman numerals
  • Disability insurance, a form of insurance that insures the beneficiary's earned income against the risk that a disability will make working uncomfortable
  • Hong Kong Document of Identity, issued by the Hong Kong Immigration Department
  • Drill instructor, a non-commissioned officer in many military or police forces

See also[]

  • Lady Di (disambiguation)
  • Die (disambiguation)
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