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1. Diamond
   Diamonds, a form of crystalline carbon, are prized because they are exceptionally hard and durable, have high refractivity and brilliance, and because really fine diamonds are rare. Today diamonds are valued based on the '4 C's' of color, cut, clarity and carat size. Many diamond imitations have app...
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2. diamond
   [n] - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem 2. [n] - a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem 3. [n] - a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds
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3. Diamond
   A crystalline form of carbon, made of a network of covalent, tetrahedrally bound carbon atoms. In 1797, the English chemist Smithson Tennant proved that diamond is pure carbon.
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4. diamond
   A crystalline form of carbon, made of a network of covalent, tetrahedrally bound carbon atoms.
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5. Diamond
   Twin-turbofan business jet, Mitsubishi [US]
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6. diamond
   Considered the most valuable precious stone. Diamond is the hardest known naturally occurring substance, and refracts (bends) light and disperses colour very strongly. These qualities give the stones great brilliance and fire especially since the 17thC when diamond cutting was developed and improved. The value of a diamond depends on size, colour a …
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7. Diamond
   Di'a·mond noun [ Middle English diamaund , diamaunt , French diamant , corrupted, from Latin adamas , the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Greek .... Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Greek ... transparent. See ...
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8. Diamond
   Di'a·mond adjective Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
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9. diamond
   1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colours, and remarkable for extreme hardness. ... The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colourless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. I...
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10. diamond
    adamant noun very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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11. diamond
    noun a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
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12. Diamond
    • (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond. • (n.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. • (n.) A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior a...
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13. diamond
    a mineral composed of pure carbon. It is the hardest naturally occurring substance known; it is also the most popular gemstone. Because of their ... [43 related articles]
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14. Diamond
    Diamond is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `bridge protector` Where is it used? The name Diamond is mainly used In English. Diamond appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 359.. 1999 was a `top year` for the name Diamond. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ...
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15. Diamond
    In architecture, a diamond is a pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
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16. Diamond
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dī′mŏnd Definitions: 1. Louis K., U.S. physician, 1902-1995. See: Diamond-Blackfan anemia, Diamond-Blackfan syndrome, Gardner-Diamond syndrome, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
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17. Diamond
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dī′mŏnd Definitions: 1. L. S., U.S. researcher, b. 1920. See: Diamond TYM medium
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18. Diamond
    HMS Diamond was a British defender Class destroyer of 1375 tons displacement built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow under the 1930 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by thr...
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19. Diamond
    Diamond is British slang for first-rate, superb, admirable.
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20. Diamond
    Diamond is British slang for first-rate, superb, admirable.
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21. 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]).
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22. diamond
    
    • very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
    • the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
    • the baseball playing field
    
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23. diamond
    a mysterious marking on many tape measures in the U.S. The diamonds mark a distance unit equal to exactly 8/5 feet (19.2 inches or 48.768 centimeters). This is potentially useful to carpenters if they wish to place 5 studs, floor joists, etc., in a distance of 8 feet.
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24. diamond
    diamond, mineral, one of two crystalline forms of the element carbon (see allotropy), the hardest natural substance known, used as a gem and in industry.Sections in this article:IntroductionPropertiesNatural Occurrence and ProcessingSourcesThe Diamond CartelBibliography
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25. Diamond
    Diamond (once known as adamant) is the hardest naturally occurring mineral, the purest form in which the element carbon is found, and the most important of the gem stones. Carbon crystallizes to form diamonds in forms belonging to the regular or cubic system, the most common being the regular octahe...
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