"DEM" meaning in English

See DEM in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} DEM
  1. (US politics) Abbreviation of Democratic Party. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Democratic Party
    Sense id: en-DEM-en-name-xVIgbniA Categories (other): US politics Topics: government, politics

Noun

Forms: DEMs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DEM (countable and uncountable, plural DEMs)
  1. (countable, orthophotography) Initialism of digital elevation model. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: digital elevation model
    Sense id: en-DEM-en-noun-FtZnMswe
  2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of diethyl malonate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: diethyl malonate
    Sense id: en-DEM-en-noun-aUFWcegc Categories (other): Organic compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Cartography Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 49 14 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 42 7 50 Disambiguation of Cartography: 21 21 45 14 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  3. (computing) Initialism of digital experience monitoring. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: digital experience monitoring
    Sense id: en-DEM-en-noun-hqeTpi9M Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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