DH

See also: dh, dH, Dh, dh', d. h., and d͟h

Translingual

Symbol

DH

1. (inorganic chemistry) deuterium-protium, a type of hydrogen (H₂) molecule. Known as hydrogen deuteride.

Usage notes

Deuterium should be called by the chemical symbol "²H", not "D". So the hydrogen deuteride molecule is actually properly denoted "²H¹H" or "¹H²H".

English

Noun

DH (plural DHs)

1. (baseball) Initialism of designated hitter.
2. (aviation) Initialism of decision height.
3. (military, nautical) Initialism of heavy destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
4. Initialism of deputy head.
5. Initialism of dear/darling husband.
6. (Philippines) Initialism of domestic helper.

Proper noun

DH

1. Department of Health
2. Abbreviation of Diffie–Hellman (key exchange).
3. (India) Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Anagrams

• H.D., HD

Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɖ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɖɑ/

Letter

DH upper case (lower case dh)

1. The eleventh letter of the Somali alphabet, called dha and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The eleventh letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by SH and followed by C.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u