desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
demotic script
- n a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
demonstration
- n a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
he gave the customer a demonstration - n a show of military force or preparedness
he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations - n a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature)
there were violent demonstrations against the war - n proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
- n a visual presentation showing how something works
the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations
the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response