DIL1
abbreviation Electronics
Dual in-line (package). See DIP.
DIL2
noun informal
A person’s daughter-in-law: my son and DIL are both primary school teachers...
- I have a boy and three girls and my DIL will be treated exactly the same as my daughters.
- I really respect and like my DIL and think she is excellent mother.
- Appreciate the fact that your DIL has parents/family of her own and will most likely be a bit closer to them, especially her mum.
Origin
1960s: abbreviation.
- industrial property
- industrial psychologist
- industrial psychology
- industrial relations
- Industrial Revolution
- industrial-scale
- industrial school
- industrial-size
- industrial-sized
- industrial spy
- industrial starch
- industrial-strength
- industrial tribunal
- industrial unionism
- industrial unionist
- industrial unrest
- industrial waste
- Industrial Workers of the World
- industrious
- industriously
- industriousness
- industrous
- industry
- industrying
- industry leader