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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dia-, prefix. - dia- comes from Greek, where it has the meanings "through, across, from point to point;
completely.'' These meanings are found in such words as: diagnosis, dialogue, dialysis, diameter, diaphanous, diarrhea.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dia-, - 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).
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] di-. - Greek, combining form representing diá (preposition) through, between, across, by, of, akin to dýo two and di- di-1
- Mathematicsdiameter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dia-, di- prefix - through, throughout, or during: diachronic
- across: diactinic
- apart: diacritic
Etymology: from Greek dia through, between, across, by |