Dia (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

  1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek (diabetes; dialect) and used, in the formation of compound words, to mean “passing through” (diathermy), “thoroughly,” “completely” (diagnosis), “going apart” (dialysis), and “opposed in moment” (diamagnetism).
abbreviation
  1. diameter.
prefix
  1. through, throughout, or during
  2. across
  3. apart
  4. (in botany) at right angles
  5. in opposite or different directions
    Dia (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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