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D fourth letter of the alphabet . It corresponds to the Greek delta. It is a usual symbol for a voiced dental or, as in English, alveolar stop. The capital represents in musical notation a note in the scale and in Roman numerals the number 500.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

D. The name of the 2nd degree of natural scale of C. Thus D♭, D♭♭, D♮, D♯, D♯♯, D major, D minor. In D indicates either ‘in the key of D major’ or, of transposing instr., that the written note C sounds D.

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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

D. The fourth letter of the English alphabet is represented by dair [oak] in the ogham alphabet of early Ireland.

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