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Diamond - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Diamond : (noun)
1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and
polished and is valued as a precious gem
2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn: adamant]
3: a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds
4: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and
home plate [syn: baseball diamond, infield] [ant: outfield]
5: the baseball playing field [syn: ball field, baseball
field]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Diamond : \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F.
diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel,
diamond, Gr. ?. Perh. the corruption is due to the influence
of Gr. ? transparent. See Adamant, Tame.]
1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and
beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for
extreme hardness.
Note: The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals,
often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually
colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even
black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond
as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for
use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting
faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much
increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said
to be of the first water when very transparent, and of
the second or third water as the transparency
decreases.
2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight
lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two
obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.
3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of
a diamond.
4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid,
used for ornament in lines or groups.
5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a
side, having the bases at its angles.
6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing,
except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.
Note: [hand] This line is printed in the type called
Diamond.
Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado.
Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol.
Diamond beetle (Zo["o]l.), a large South American weevil
({Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster
and colors, due to minute brilliant scales.
Diamond bird (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian bird
({Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelid[ae].). It is
black, with white spots.
Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is
set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard
substances, esp. for boring in rock.
Diamond finch (Zo["o]l.), a small Australian sparrow, often
kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous
white spots, and the rump is bright carmine.
Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a
roll.
Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for
pulverizing hard substances.
Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is
diamond-shaped.
Diamond snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless snake of Australia
({Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake.
Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool,
for cutting glass.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Diamond : \Di"a*mond\ (?; 277), a.
Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as,
a diamond chain; a diamond field.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Diamond :
One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms,
used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent
Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl
Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). (cf. Brilliant,
Nonpareil, Pearl[3], Ruby[2]).
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Diamond : Development and Integration of Accurate Mathematical Operations in
Numerical Data-processing (ESPRIT)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Diamond, IL (village, FIPS 19837)
Location: 41.28867 N, 88.25520 W
Population (1990): 1077 (414 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Diamond, MO (town, FIPS 19432)
Location: 36.99548 N, 94.31507 W
Population (1990): 775 (309 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64840
Diamond, OH
Zip code(s): 44412
Diamond, WV
Zip code(s): 25015
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Diamond : (1.) A precious gem (Heb. yahalom', in allusion to its
hardness), otherwise unknown, the sixth, i.e., the third in the
second row, in the breastplate of the high priest, with the name
of Naphtali engraven on it (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; R.V. marg.,
"sardonyx.")
(2.) A precious stone (Heb. shamir', a sharp point) mentioned
in Jer. 17:1. Based on its hardness it was used for cutting and
perforating other minerals. It is rendered "adamant" (q.v.) in
Ezek. 3:9, Zech. 7:12. It is the hardest and most valuable of
precious stones.
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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