A deputy to a director, often empowered to assume the position of president on his or her death or absence.

Alternative form of vice director

A measure put directly to a vote after being submitted by a petition.

plural of direct examination

(law) In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness by the attorney for the party who has called the witness to testify.

(algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the z-axis of a coordinate system.

(algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the x-axis of a coordinate system.

(set theory) The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets.

(algebraic geometry) The direction aligned with the y-axis of a coordinate system.

(grammar) direct speech