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n. (context British rhyming slang English) A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
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Desmond may refer to:
- Desmond (name), a common given name and surname
- Kingdom of Desmond, medieval Irish kingdom
- Earl of Desmond, Irish aristocratic title
- Desmond Rebellions, Irish rebellions during the 16th century led by the Earl of Desmond
- Desmond's, 1990s British sitcom, screened by Channel 4
- Desmond, slang term for the British 2:2 degree classification
- DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) a UK NHS diabetes education programme
- Desmond software, which performs high-speed molecular dynamics simulations.
- Desmond (novel), 1792 novel by Charlotte Turner Smith
- Desmond (horse), (1896-1913), thoroughbred racehorse
- Storm Desmond, a windstorm in Britain and Ireland in 2015
DESMOND ( Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) is a UK NHS training course for people with type 2 diabetes that helps people to identify their own health risks and to set their own goals.
Desmond is a software package developed at D. E. Shaw Research to perform high-speed molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems on conventional computer clusters. The code uses novel parallel algorithms and numerical techniques to achieve high performance on platforms containing a large number of processors, but may also be executed on a single computer.
The core and source code are available without cost for non-commercial use by universities and other not-for-profit research institutions, and have been used in the Folding@home distributed computing project. Desmond is available for commercial use through Schrödinger, Inc.
Desmond is a novel by Charlotte Turner Smith, first published in 1792. The novel focuses on politics during the French Revolution.
Unlike her previous and subsequent novels, Smith used Desmond to introduce her audiences to contemporary politics. While critics initially supported this element of Desmond, the radicalism of the French Revolution and the "conservative mood among her audience" prompted Smith to "tone down" the political references in her novels.
Desmond is a given name and surname of, derived from the Irish place-name Desmond, an anglicization of Gaelic Deas-Mhumhna "South Munster". The Irish peerages of Ormonde, Desmond, and Thomond represented the old sub-kingdoms of East, South and North Munster, respectively. South Munster existed as an independent territory between 1118 and 1543. The title of Earl of Desmond (fourth creation) in the Peerage of Ireland originates in 1628; it is currently held by Alexander Feilding, 12th Earl of Denbigh (b. 1970).
Desmond (1896–1913) was a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Coventry Stakes and July Stakes in 1898. The horse was owned by the fourth Earl of Dunraven during his racing career. Desmond died in 1913. He became British champion sire in 1913 when his son Aboyeur won the Derby, after the disqualification of Craganour (who was also sired by Desmond).
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Usage examples of "desmond".
That Jay would have killed him was a certainty, but Desmond Drum kicked him in the ribs and growled.
Now that Desmond had agreed to help, her nervousness vanished and she became again the professional observer.
Alice Hazzard went into the cottage to place a Virtu-to-Verite call to Desmond Drum.
AT THE OTHER END of the hall in the KEFT executive offices, Desmond LeRoy reached into his desk drawer, found a bottle of antacid tab leto and shook out two.
During most of his adult life, Desmond LeRoy had felt a great kinship with Prince Charles.
For the first time in his life, Desmond felt alone--and strangely helpless.
If they did, everyone would find out that Desmond LeRoy was a failure.
As she hurried through the doorway of the conference room, she was surprised to see Desmond LeRoy, who rarely came to these sessions, commanding the had of the table.
Looking up, Tess saw Desmond LeRoy pull a cigar from his shirt pocket and roll it between his fingers.
Y on his cigar, Desmond LeRoy strolled to the sliding glass window of his twelfth-story condo and looked over the black velvet expanse of the Mississippi.
Another few months, if everything held together, and Desmond LeRoy would he raking in the ad revenues.
Then she progressed to the talk-show host Brad Everett and owner Desmond LeRoy.
Tess was pulling herself erect using the handles of the nearest file cabinet when Desmond LeRoy came staggering down the hah from the executive wing, cursing and shouting at the top of his lungs.
When she peered through the cane, she saw Desmond LeRoy coming toward them.
Desmond, dear, sweet Desmond, hated being made the center of attention.