Lexic.us

Definition of Diamond

1. Noun. A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.

2. Noun. Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.

3. Noun. A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram.

4. Noun. A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it. "Diamonds were trumps"

5. Noun. The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate.

6. Noun. The baseball playing field.

Definition of Diamond

1. n. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

2. a. Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

Definition of Diamond

1. Proper noun. (English female given name) of modern usage, from the name of the gem. ¹

2. Noun. A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron. ¹

3. Noun. A gemstone made from this mineral. ¹

4. Noun. A ring containing a diamond. ¹

5. Noun. A very pale blue color/colour. ¹

6. Noun. Something that resembles a diamond. ¹

7. Noun. (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical. ¹

8. Noun. (geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles. ¹

9. Noun. (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game. ¹

10. Noun. (baseball) The infield of a baseball field. ¹

11. Noun. (card games) A card of the diamonds suit. ¹

12. Adjective. made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds. ¹

13. Adjective. of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary. ¹

14. Adjective. of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary. ¹

15. Verb. to adorn with or as if with diamonds ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diamond

1. to adorn with diamonds (precious gems) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Diamond

1. 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. 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. A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6. The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. This line is printed in the type called Diamond. Black diamond, coal;, 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. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diamond

diaminofluoresceins diaminomonocarboxylic diaminophenol diaminophenols diaminopimelate diaminopimelates diaminopimelic diaminopimelic acid diaminopropionate ammonia-lyase diaminopyrimidine

diamins diammoniate diammoniates diammonium diamniotic diamond (current term) diamond-back diamond-shaped murmur diamond carries diamond carry

diamond cross diamond crossing diamond crossings diamond crossover diamond cutter diamond cutters diamond cutting instruments diamond disk diamond dust

Literary usage of Diamond

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"So called because the diamond. which cuts other substances, can be cut or polished ... The colour or lustre of a pearl or diamond is called ita " water. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Antwerp's diamond cutters. Harp. W. 52: 32. Mr. 28, '08. Conversion of the diamond into coke in high and AAC Swinton. 11. Sei. Am. S. 65: vacuum by Cathode ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"diamond powder is rapidly sintered into molded shapes at a pressure of about 65 kilobars and a température of 2500° Kelvin. Other conditions of pressure and ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Judging from the long time required to remove the superficial darkening from diamond, the graphite is as resistant as that formed at the temperature of the ..."

5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Many of the European diamond workers who came over to America remained and carried on their art; and the movement then begun has become permanent New York ..."

6. The Journal of Geography (1915)
"Kimberly is practically in the center of the present diamond-producing area. ... THE PIPES OR CRATERS The five diamond mines or craters are all contained in ..."

7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"Genesis of the diamond. — Derby J has sifted the evidence of the Brazilian deposits bearing on the puzzling and as yet unsolved problem of the origin of the ..."

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