Category: D
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Divorce
A legal dissolution of marriage. The legal end to a marriage.
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Division of question
In politics, a procedure to separate a matter to be voted upon into two or more questions.
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Division of labor
The assignment of various portions of a particular task among a number of organization members.
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Division of health education
Established in 1980 as a division of the Center for Health Promotion and Education in the CDC. Its major programs were as follows: (a) School Programs and Special Projects, (b) Behavioral Epidemiology and Evaluation Branch, and (c) Program Services and Development Branch.
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Divisible contract
In labor relations, one which can be separated into two or more parts not necessarily dependent upon each other nor intended by the parties to be so.
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Diverticulum
Out-pocketing from a tubular organ such as the intestine. A little sac or pouch which develops in the wall of the intestine or another organ. An abnormal pouch off the intestines; a form of digestive disorder. Diverticula, pouchlike herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ, especially the colon. Area of the intestinal surface…
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Divergent thinking
Thinking that is directed toward producing as many novel but appropriate ideas as possible.
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Divergent thinker
A person who tends to respond to question in unpredictable and unconventional ways, convergent thinker.
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Divergent learning
Extends in different directions.
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Disturbed-neurotic delinquency
In psychology, an adolescent’s adoption of impulsive antisocial behavior as a means of rebelling against the family.