DTD

¹

abbreviation for

1. document type definition: a description of the different types of elements and markup tags allowable in a particular SGML, XML, or HTML document and where they can occur within the document.

d.t.d.

²

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) give such doses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of DTD¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Origin of DTD²

From Latin dentur tālēs dosēs

Example Sentences

Like dyslexics who learn how to adapt to a world of street signs, restaurant menus, and official forms, people with DTD learn how to navigate in their environment without having a mental blueprint of where they are going.

From Scientific American

Like other people with DTD, she can follow a route in pieces, but it never becomes part of a larger spatial understanding.

From Scientific American

To understand DTD it is best to begin by saying that there are two main ways that successful travelers use to navigate their environment.

From Scientific American

“In other words, there was no brain injury — no car accident, no brain tumor or stroke,” says Iaria, who developed the DTD diagnosis and first wrote about it in 2009.

From Washington Post

But because so little is known about DTD and because most of the population can easily navigate with their inner cognitive map, there’s an “idiot” stigma attached to it.

From Washington Post