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Look up: Diamond


  1. Diamond
    [gemstone] The hardness of diamond and its high dispersion of light – giving the diamond its characteristic "fire" – make it useful for industrial applications and desirable as jewelry. Diamonds are such a highly traded commodity that multiple organizations have been created for grading ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_(gemstone)

  2. 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...
    Found op http://www.indygem.com/pages/Glossary-of-Terms.html

  3. 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
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=diamond

  4. 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.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/d/i/diamond/source.html

  5. diamond
    A crystalline form of carbon, made of a network of covalent, tetrahedrally bound carbon atoms.
    Found op http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/glossary/d.shtml

  6. Diamond
    Twin-turbofan business jet, Mitsubishi [US]
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  7. 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...
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  8. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/58

  9. Diamond
    Di'a·mond adjective Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/58

  10. 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...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?diamond

  11. diamond
    adamant noun very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=diamond

  12. diamond
    noun a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=diamond



  1. 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...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/diamond/

  2. 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]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/42

  3. 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 ...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?girls/Diamond

  4. Diamond
    In architecture, a diamond is a pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TD.HTM

  5. Diamond
    [ship] The Diamond was a three masted square rigger. She was one of the first ships to operate a regular service for passenger and cargo between Britain and the United States. She was built in New York in 1823 and was later alleged to be one of the first American ships to be built with a com...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_(ship)

  6. 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
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=24454

  7. Diamond
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dī′mŏnd Definitions: 1. L. S., U.S. researcher, b. 1920. See: Diamond TYM medium
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=24453

  8. 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...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RD.HTM

  9. Diamond
    Diamond is British slang for first-rate, superb, admirable.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZD.HTM

  10. Diamond
    Diamond is British slang for first-rate, superb, admirable.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZD.HTM

  11. Diamond
    [disambiguation] Diamond is the hardest known natural material. Diamond, ♦ or ◊ may also refer to: ==People== ===Surname=== ===First names=== ===Nicknames=== ==Places== ==Organizations== ==Music== ==Games== ==Film and television== == Other uses == == See also == ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_(disambiguation)

  12. 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]).
    Found op http://foldoc.org/Diamond

  13. Diamond
    [dog] Diamond was, according to legend, Sir Isaac Newton`s favorite dog, which, by upsetting a candle, set fire to manuscripts containing his notes on experiments conducted over the course of twenty years. According to one account, Newton is said to have exclaimed: "O Diamond, Diamond, thou ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_(dog)

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