To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.

Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

The angle of inclination of a mineral deposit. The true dip is always measured in a vertical plane perpendicular to the strike.

An angle giving the orientatio n of a planar feature such as bedding or a fault plane; it is the acute angle measured between the planar feature and the horizontal. It is measure perpendicular to the strike direction.

Dual In-Line package. Consists of a rectangular plastic or ceramic block which contains a chip. Connected to the chip, and protruding from the two long sides of the block, are formed metal leads for connection to a circuit board. The name of the package comes from these dual rows of leads. There are typically 4 to 68 leads (I/O's) on a DIP package; more than 75% of DIP devices built have 14 to 16 pins.

A form of DRAM component packaging. DIPs can be installed either in sockets or permanently soldered into holes extending into the surface of the printed circuit board. The DIP package was extremely popular when it was common for memory to be installed directly on a computer's motherboard.

Abbreviation for ual n-line ackage.

Acronym for dual in-line package, a type of chip housed in a rectangular casing with two rows of connecting pins on either side.

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion.

To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.

To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

A small, temporary drop in price.

A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.

A section of track that drops down in the middle.

Slight drop in securities prices after a sustained uptrend. Analysts often advise investors to buy on dips, meaning to buy when a price is momentarily weak. See: Correction, break, crash.

To salute or signal by means of hoisting and then lowering a flag or pennant

An adjustment to an audio track in which the volume gain level decreases or “dips” to a lower level, rather than fading completely.

switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

lower briefly; "She dipped her knee"

To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.

A slight decline in securities prices followed by a rise. Omitted if business is poor or if the directors determine to withhold earnings to invest in plants and equipment. Sometimes a company will pay a dividend out of past earnings even if it is not currently operating at a profit.

A decline that is then followed by a rise.

Term used to describe a sudden increase of activity, followed by a return to the previous level of the activity of a crystal unit.

a hollow or depression in a surface, especially in the ground.

a depression in an otherwise level surface; "there was a dip in the road"

The distance that the key can be depressed.

A narrow area of depression within an otherwise flat frequency-response curve. Compare "dished," "humped."

Document Image Processing. Systems for capturing, processing, and storing copies of paper documents, in conjunction with other electronic systems processes.

Document Image Processing. DIP systems offer the ability to scan, digitize, and store documents (e.g., invoices) as images.

Document Image Processing The electronic indexing and storage of images of documents, usually taken from paper via a scanner. DIP documents cannot be understood, re-used or processed, except by the human eye.

Digital Image Processing. the use of the computer on raster image files, to carry out such operations as image enhancement, image compression, image analysis, mapping, georeferencing, etc.

A dipped candle.

a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

of candles; by dipping the wick into hot, liquid wax

Drug Intervention Programme. A programme that brings together a range of professionals in the criminal justice system who work with drug-using offenders and offer them rapid access to the treatment and support they need.

Criminal justice intervention programme The aim of the Home Office-led criminal justice interventions programme is to integrate drug treatment services for offenders in police stations, in courts and in the community. Crucially, it will improve the co-ordination of aftercare for prisoners following their release. DIP was introduced in 25 DAT areas in 2003/04 and an additional 22 areas in April 2004.

Drug Intervention Programme The programme is a major part of the measures in the Updated Drug Strategy for reducing drug-related crime. It aims to take advantage of opportunities within the criminal justice system for accessing drug-misusing offenders – many of whom are difficult to access by other approaches – and moving them into treatment, away from drug use and crime.

Deinked pulp. A wastepaper pulp which has been deinked through chemical or mechanical processing.

Deinked pulp - pulp produced from recovered printing paper, e.g. newsprint, through de-inking process

De-inked pulp. Pulp produced from de-inked wastepaper. Most DIP is used in integrated paper mills, but some is sold on the market, in which case it is usually dried.