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Emerald : (noun)
1: a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a
gemstone
2: a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and
polished and is valued as a precious gem
3: the green color of an emerald
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Emerald : \Em"er*ald\, n. [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde,
F. ['e]meraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. ?; cf. ?kr. marakata.]
1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety
of beryl. See Beryl.
2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and
nonpare?l. It is used by English printers.
Note: [hand] This line is printed in the type called emerald.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Emerald : \Em"er*ald\, a.
Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. ``Emerald
meadows.'' --Byron.
Emerald fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico
({Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant
green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence
the name; -- called also esmeralda.
Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light
green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green
bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as,
emerald green crystals.
Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the
brightness of its verdure.
Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. (Min.) See
Hiddenite.
Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Beryl \Ber"yl\ (b[e^]r"[i^]l), n. [F. b['e]ryl, OF. beril, L.
beryllus, Gr. bh`ryllos, prob. fr. Skr. vai[dsdot][=u]rya.
Cf. Brilliant.] (Min.)
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much
beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or
bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a
silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The
aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a
gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in
jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is
probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Emerald :
An object-oriented distributed programming language and
environment developed at the University of Washington in the
early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to EPL. It is
strongly typed and uses signatures and prototypes rather
than inheritance.
["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al,
IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].
(1994-11-09)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Emerald, PA
Zip code(s): 18080
Emerald, WI
Zip code(s): 54012
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Emerald : Heb. nophek (Ex. 28:18; 39:11); i.e., the "glowing stone",
probably the carbuncle, a precious stone in the breastplate of
the high priest. It is mentioned (Rev. 21:19) as one of the
foundations of the New Jerusalem. The name given to this stone
in the New Testament Greek is smaragdos, which means "live
coal."
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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