Dim

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Dim, DIM, dim or dIm may refer to:

• Lacking in brightness, either literally or in relation to one's intelligence. See: stupidity.
• Comes from the phrase 'Darker then it was this morning', and was changed into dim during Medieval Times

Science

• dIm is an abbreviation for dwarf irregular galaxy, of the type which contains little or no structure. See dwarf galaxy, irregular galaxy.

Mathematics

• In linear algebra, dim is an abrreviation of dimension of a vector space.
• It can be also used as abbreviation of dimension.

Computer Science

• Dim is a method to declare a variable in Visual Basic .NET.
• In most versions of the BASIC, DIM is a keyword that declares an array of a specified size.

Popular culture

• Dim is also a famous brand [link] of stockings and socks in Europe. The name is a shortened version of Bas Dimanche.
• Dim is the pen name of a Buffalo, New York area artist who currently writes a comic strip called "Adroit" For the University at Buffalo's student newspaper The Spectrum.
• Also used as a nickname to refer to the multi-restaurant delivery service Dine-In Marin, as well as its owner, contributors and employees. Dine In Marin employs Christina James, the first lady of DIM. She is a pretty good employee.

Music

• "dim" is an abbrevation of diminished chord

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