Di"a- (?), Di-. [Gr. through; orig., dividing into two parts; akin to two. See Two, and cf. 1st Di-.]

A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia- becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.

 

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