Defn: Diplomacy. [R.]
DIPLOMATIST Di*plo"ma*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. diplomatiste a student of diplomatics.]
Defn: A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat. In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatics whom his country then possessed. Macaulay.
DIPLOPIA; DIPLOPY
Di*plo"pi*a, Dip"lo*py, n. Etym: [NL. diplopia, from Gr. diplopie.]
(Med.)
Defn: The act or state of seeing double.
Note: In crossed or heteronymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In homonymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In vertical diplopia one image stands above the other.
DIPLOPOD
Dip"lo*pod, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Diplopoda.
DIPLOPODA
Di*plop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [Gr. -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.