Differential operator with absolute sign?

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From Classical and Multilinear Harmonic Analysis - Schlag, Muscalu There is a operator denoted by $|D|$, where $D$ is a convenient notation for derivative operator. What does $|D|$ mean?

Is it $|Df|$? of $D|f|$? or something else?

I've googled but I haven't found the answer yet.