DIN

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
DIN/dɪn/

▶noun any of a series of technical standards originating in Germany and used internationally, especially to designate electrical connections and film speeds.

– origin early 20th cent.: acronym from Deutsche Industrie-Norm ‘German Industrial Standard’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
din/dɪn/

▶noun a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. ▶verb (dins, dinning, dinned)

• 1 (din something into) instil information into (someone) by constant repetition.

• 2 make a din.

– origin OE dyne, dynn (n.), dynian (v.), of Gmc origin.