Def or DEF may refer to:

Music

Def (instrument) The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

, a Middle Eastern musical instrument *'' DEF II'', a British youth TV programme *

Def American American Recordings (formerly Def American Recordings) is an American record label headed by producer Rick Rubin. The label has featured artists such as Slayer, the Black Crowes, ZZ Top, Danzig, Trouble, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, The Mother Hips ...

, a rock and rap record label * Def Jam Recordings, a rap record label *

Def Jux Definitive Jux was a record label based in New York City. It was co-founded in 1999 by El-P and Amaechi Uzoigwe. History Definitive Jux was initially known as Def Jux. However, popular hip hop label Def Jam Recordings sued Def Jux over the name ...

, a rap record label * Def Leppard, a British hard rock band * So So Def Recordings, a rap record label

Other uses

* def, a keyword in Python *

Danish EL-Federation The Danish EL-Federation ( da, Dansk El Forbund, DEF) is a trade union representing electricians and technicians in Denmark. The union was founded 1 January 1904 as the Danish Union of Electricians, and affiliated to the Danish Confederation of Tr ...

, Danish trade union for electricians *

Design Exchange Format {{about, the specification for representing a circuit, the CAD data file format, AutoCAD DXF Design Exchange Format (DEF) is an open specification for representing physical layout of an integrated circuit in an ASCII ASCII ( ), abbreviat ...

, or DEF * , or DEF,

Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory ( pl, Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera) is a former metal item factory in Kraków. It now hosts two museums: the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, on the former workshops, and a branch of the Historical Mu ...

in Kraków, Poland * Diesel exhaust fluid, or DEF *

Disarmed Enemy Forces Disarmed Enemy Forces (DEF, less commonly, Surrendered Enemy Forces) was a US designation for soldiers who surrendered to an adversary after hostilities ended, and for those POWs who had already surrendered and were held in camps in occupied Ge ...

, or DEF

People with the name

* Mos Def, a rap artist *

Def Jef Def Jef is the stage name of Jeffrey Fortson (born September 27, 1970), an American alternative hip hop musician and rapper of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Harlem, New York City. His debut album was 1989's '' Just a Poet wit ...

, a rap artist

Music

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People with the name

See also