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1. Ruby
   A precious gemstone, and a member of the corundum family, rubies are always, by definition, red, but be aware that many other red gemstones and imitations might be assumed to be a ruby. Fine rubies of good color can be more valuable than diamonds, but the first synthetic ruby was created in the 1890...
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2. Ruby
   An object oriented scripting language, details ...
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3. ruby
   [n] - a transparent deep red variety of corundum 2. [n] - a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
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4. Ruby
   The mineral most commonly used for jewels.   Sapphire, amethyst and aquamarine have also been applied.
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5. Ruby
   A style of Port wine that is generally sweet.
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6. ruby
   a red variety of corundum Category: Various industries and crafts • bright red colour of certain wines.Such wines are free from brown or purple tints Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • active medium of a solid state laser Category: Ir...
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7. ruby
   See corundum.
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8. Ruby
   Ru'by noun ; plural Rubies . [ French rubis (cf. Pr. robi ), Late Latin rubinus , robinus , from Latin rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber . See Rouge , red .] 1. (Min...
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9. Ruby
   Ru'by adjective Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
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10. Ruby
    Ru'by transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rubied ; present participle & verbal noun Rubying .] To make red; to redden. [ R.] Pope.
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11. ruby
    Origin: F. Rubis (cf. Pr. Robi), LL. Rubinus, robinus, fr. L. Rubeus = red, reddish, akin to ruber. See Rouge, red. ... 1. <chemical> A precious stone of a carmine red colour, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of cor...
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12. ruby
    noun a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
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13. ruby
    noun a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
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14. Ruby
    • (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast. • (n.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of cor...
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15. ruby
    gemstone composed of transparent red corundum (q.v.), a mineral form of aluminum oxide, Al2O3. Its colour varies from deep cochineal to pale rose ... [6 related articles]
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16. Ruby
    Ruby is a English mixed name. The meaning of the name is `Ruby, Deep Red Jewel` Where is it used? The name Ruby is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Rubén ( In Spanish) Ruben ( In Scandinavian and In Dutch) Reuven ( In Jewish) Ruuben ( In Finnish) Rubye ( In English) Rubina ( I...
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17. Ruby
    Ruby is slang for blood.
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18. Ruby
    Ruby is slang for blood.
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19. Ruby
    HMS Ruby (formerly the Cape Bathurst) was a British armed trawler of 568 tons displacement launched in 1933 and used by the British navy during the Second World War for anti-submarine training. HMS Ruby had a top speed of 12 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun and depth charges.
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20. Ruby
    (language) 1. A relational language designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in 1986 for describing and designing circuits (a hardware description language). Ruby programs denote binary relations and programs are built-up inductively from primitive relations using a pre-defined set of relational operators....
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21. Ruby
    Ruby is a cultivated variety of potato.
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22. ruby
    ruby, precious stone, the transparent red variety of corundum, found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones are blood red, the most valued tint being the “pigeon's blood.” The Thai stones are darker and the Sri La...
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23. Ruby
    Ruby is the red transparent form of corundum containing impurities of chromium and iron. It is a precious stone. Artificial rubies have been manufactured since 1902 from ammonia alum and chrome alum. And in 1960 and artificial ruby was used in the first working laser.
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24. Ruby
    Ruby is a horror film starring Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman and Roger Davis in a story about a woman who watches as her lover is gunned down by a gang and then 16 years later the murderers begin to die in bizarre ways. Ruby was directed by Curtis Harrington and Stephanie Rothman in 1977.
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25. ruby
    Red transparent gem variety of the mineral corundum Al₂O₃, aluminium oxide. Small amounts of chromium oxide, Cr₂O₃, substituting for aluminium oxide, give ruby its colour. Natural rubies are found mainly in Myanmar (Burma), but rubies can also be produced ar...
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