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daemon.

A minor deity or divinity.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdiː.mən/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A minor deity or divinity.

  2. A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.

  3. An idea depicted as an entity.

  4. Archaic spelling of demon.

    alt-of · archaic
Where this word comes from

A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).

noun/ˈdiːmən//ˈdeɪmən/
  1. A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

    Unix
Where this word comes from

A reference to Maxwell's demon. The putative derivation from "disk and execution monitor" is generally considered a backronym.

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