city of Swabia, in Germany, situated on the Danube, about twenty miles north-east of Ulm: E. long. 10° 26', and N. lat. 48° 40'.

Dillenia, in botany, a genus of the polyandria polygynia clasps. The calyx consists of five leaves, and the corolla of five petals; and the capsule contains many seeds. There is but one species, a native of Malabar.

Dilute. To dilute a body is to render it liquid; or, if it were liquid before, to render it more so, by the addition of a thinner thereto. These things thus added, are called diluents, or dilutors.