Meaning of die | Babel Free

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1. The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
2. An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance.
3. Obsolete spelling of dye.
   alt-of, obsolete
4. Initialism of diversity, inclusion, and equity.
   abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, humorous, initialism, uncountable
5. To be affected by dieback.
6. A device for cutting into a specified shape.
7. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.
   obsolete
8. To lose strength; subside: The winds died down.
9. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)
10. To undergo a sudden, sharp decline in population: hypothesized that pesticides were causing bees to die off across the country.
11. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.
12. To cease living or existing completely; become extinct: a theory that explains how the dinosaurs died out; customs that died out with the advent of technology.
13. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.
14. To fail, as from lack of support, especially at an early stage: a plan that died on the vine.
15. An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.
    also, plural
16. Remarkable or highly desirable.
17. Any small cubical or square body.
18. To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.
19. The decision has been made and is irrevocable.
20. the die is cast, the irrevocable decision has been made.
21. a person who resists new ideas. onversoenlike, bittereinder مُحافِظ مُتَطَرِّف твърдоглавец conservador zpátečník unnachgiebiger Mensch stokkonservativ person αδιάλλακτος, συντηρητικόςconservador paadunud vanameelne سخت جان؛ سرسخت patavanhoillinen conservateur/-trice (à tout crin) קָשֶׁה לְשָׁנוֹת कट्टर, अपने विचारों के लिए लड़ने वाला uporan čovjek megátalkodott kolot afturhaldsseggur conservatore がんこな保守派 완고한 보수주의자 kietakaktis, konservatorius konservators pengeluar idea reactionairstokk konse...

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Examples

“The number of dies per wafer is basically the area of the wafer divided by the area of the die.”

“Once the wafer has undergone the wafer-probe test, it is separated into individual dice by sawing or scribing and breaking. The dice are visually inspected, sorted, and readied for assembly into packages.”

“Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables, and the pronouncing and spelling of words, by having them pasted or written upon many little flat tablets or dies.”

“Most dice are six-sided.”

“I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.”

“If a Dye were mark’d with one Figure or Number of Spots on four Sides, and with another Figure or Number of Spots on the two remaining Sides, ’twould be more probable, that the former ſhould turn up than the latter;”

“When you roll two dies—or three, or four—the odds of obtaining a specific number becomes complex in a logarithmic progression.”

“We roll two dies repeatedly until we get the first double.”

“Roll two dies 24 times. What is the probability of rolling at least one double 6?”

“When this creature enters the battlefield, roll a six-sided die. You gain life equal to the result.”

“[…]For th'equall die of warre he well did know.”

“He hath carried his friendship to this man to a blameable length, by too long concealing facts of the blackest die.”

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