Definitions for diamond
ˈdaɪ mənd, ˈdaɪ ə-di·a·mond

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. diamondnoun

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

2. diamond, adamantnoun

   very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

3. rhombus, rhomb, diamondnoun

   a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

4. diamondnoun

   a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

   "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps"

5. baseball diamond, diamond, infieldnoun

   the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

6. ball field, baseball field, diamondnoun

   the baseball playing field

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. diamondnoun

   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.

   The saw is coated with diamond.

2. diamondnoun

   A gemstone made from this mineral.

   The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.

3. diamondnoun

   A ring containing a diamond.

   What a beautiful engagement diamond.

4. diamondnoun

   A very pale blue color/colour.

5. diamondnoun

   Something that resembles a diamond.

6. diamondnoun

   A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.

7. diamondnoun

   The polyiamond made up of two triangles.

8. diamondnoun

   The entire field of play used in the game.

9. diamondnoun

   The infield of a baseball field.

   The teams met on the diamond.

10. diamondverb

    to adorn with or as if with diamonds

11. diamondnoun

    A card of the diamonds suit.

    I have only one diamond in my hand.

12. diamondadjective

    made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.

    He gave her diamond earrings.

13. diamondadjective

    of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.

    Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

14. diamondadjective

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

    Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.

15. Diamondnoun

    of modern usage, from the name of the gem.

16. Etymology: From diamant, from diamas, from adamas, from ἀδάμας, from ἀ- + δαμάζω.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamondnoun

   The diamond, the most valuable and hardest of all the gems, is, when pure, perfectly clear and pellucid as the purest water; and is eminently distinguished from all other substances by its vivid splendour, and the brightness of its reflexions. It is extremely various in shape and size, being found in the greatest quantity very small, and the larger ones extremely seldom met with. The largest ever known is that in the possession of the great Mogul, which weighs two hundred and seventy-nine carats, and is computed to be worth seven hundred and seventy-nine thousand two hundred and forty-four pounds. The diamond bears the force of the strongest fires, except the concentrated solar rays, without hurt; and even that infinitely fiercest of all fires does it no injury, unless directed to its weaker parts. It bears a glass-house fire for many days, and, if taken carefully out, and suffered to cool by degrees, is found as bright and beautiful as before; but if taken hastily out, it will sometimes crack, and even split into two or three pieces. The places where we have diamonds are the East Indies and the Brasils; and though they are usually found clear and colourless, yet they are sometimes slightly tinged with the colours of the other gems, by the mixture of some metalline particles. John Hill on Fossils.

   Etymology: diamant, French; adamas, Latin.

   This diamond was my mother’s: take it, heart;
   But keep it ’till you woo another wife. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner;
   Or, for the diamond, the chain you promised. William Shakespeare.

   I see how thine eye would emulate the diamond: thou hast the right arched bent of the brow. William Shakespeare, Mer. Wives of Winds.

   The diamond is preferable and vastly superior to all others in lustre and beauty; as also in hardness, which renders it more durable and lasting, and therefore much more valuable, than any other stone. John Woodward, Mett. Foss.

   The diamond is by mighty monarchs worn,
   Fair as the star that ushers in the morn. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

   The lively diamond drinks thy purest rays,
   Collected light, compact. James Thomson, Summer, l. 140.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamond

   Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, but diamond is metastable and converts to it at a negligible rate under those conditions. Diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any natural material, properties that are used in major industrial applications such as cutting and polishing tools. They are also the reason that diamond anvil cells can subject materials to pressures found deep in the Earth. Because the arrangement of atoms in diamond is extremely rigid, few types of impurity can contaminate it (two exceptions are boron and nitrogen). Small numbers of defects or impurities (about one per million of lattice atoms) color diamond blue (boron), yellow (nitrogen), brown (defects), green (radiation exposure), purple, pink, orange, or red. Diamond also has a very high refractive index and a relatively high optical dispersion. Most natural diamonds have ages between 1 billion and 3.5 billion years. Most were formed at depths between 150 and 250 kilometres (93 and 155 mi) in the Earth's mantle, although a few have come from as deep as 800 kilometres (500 mi). Under high pressure and temperature, carbon-containing fluids dissolved various minerals and replaced them with diamonds. Much more recently (hundreds to tens of million years ago), they were carried to the surface in volcanic eruptions and deposited in igneous rocks known as kimberlites and lamproites. Synthetic diamonds can be grown from high-purity carbon under high pressures and temperatures or from hydrocarbon gases by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Imitation diamonds can also be made out of materials such as cubic zirconia and silicon carbide. Natural, synthetic and imitation diamonds are most commonly distinguished using optical techniques or thermal conductivity measurements.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamondnoun

   a precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness

2. Diamondnoun

   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. Diamondnoun

   one of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond

4. Diamondnoun

   a pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups

5. Diamondnoun

   the infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles

6. Diamondnoun

   the smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen

7. Diamondadjective

   resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field

8. Etymology: [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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamond

   In mineralogy, diamond is a metastable allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions. Diamond is renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities, most of which originate from the strong covalent bonding between its atoms. In particular, diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. Those properties determine the major industrial application of diamond in cutting and polishing tools and the scientific applications in diamond knives and diamond anvil cells. Diamond has remarkable optical characteristics. Because of its extremely rigid lattice, it can be contaminated by very few types of impurities, such as boron and nitrogen. Combined with wide transparency, this results in the clear, colorless appearance of most natural diamonds. Small amounts of defects or impurities color diamond blue, yellow, brown, green, purple, pink, orange or red. Diamond also has relatively high optical dispersion, which results in its characteristic luster. Excellent optical and mechanical properties, notably unparalleled hardness and durability, make diamond the most popular gemstone.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamond

   dī′a-mond, n. the most valuable of all gems, and the hardest of all substances: a four-sided figure with two obtuse and two acute angles: one of the four suits of cards: one of the smallest kinds of English printing type.—adj. resembling diamonds: made of diamonds: marked with diamonds: lozenge-shaped, rhombic.—ns. Dī′amond-bee′tle, a beautiful sparkling South American weevil; Dī′amond-cut′ting, diamond-setting; Dī′amond-drill, an annular borer whose bit is set with borts; Dī′amond-dust, Dī′amond-pow′der, the powder made by the friction of diamonds on one another in the course of polishing.—adjs. Dī′amonded, furnished with diamonds; Diamondif′erous, yielding diamonds.—n. Dī′amond-wheel, a wheel covered with diamond-dust and oil for polishing diamonds and other precious stones.—Diamond cut diamond, the case of an encounter between two very sharp persons.—Rough diamond, an uncut diamond: a person of great worth, though of rude exterior and unpolished manners. [M. E. adamaunt—O. Fr. adamant—L. adamanta, accus. of adamas—Gr. adamas, adamantos, adamant—a, not, damaein, to tame.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamond

   the name of Newton's favourite dog that, by upsetting a lamp, set fire to MSS. containing notes of experiments made over a course of years, an irreparable loss.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Diamond

   Diamond. A crystalline form of carbon that occurs as hard, colorless or tinted isomeric crystals. It is used as a precious stone, for cutting glass, and as bearings for delicate mechanisms. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. DIAMOND

   A bright gem the sparkle of which sometimes renders a woman stone-blind to the defects of the man proffering it.

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Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Carbon
   • Jewel
   • Parallelogram
   • Playing Card
   • Playing Field
   • Tract
   • Transparent Gem

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'diamond' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3823

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'diamond' in Nouns Frequency: #2088

How to pronounce diamond?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say diamond in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of diamond in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of diamond in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of diamond in a Sentence

1. Gareth Mostyn:

   If they have a choice between a diamond that was created three billion years ago by nature and one grown in a factory last week, customers want the real thing.

2. Jamie Cox:

   People are going to remember the Diamond Princess a lot longer than they will that airlines canceled flights to China.

3. Miley Cyrus:

   For some reason I thought it would be funny to say, Babys got a habit: diamond rings and marijuana.

4. Jim Bishop:

   True love is night jasmine, a diamond in darkenss, the heartbeat no cardiologist has ever heard. It is the most common of miracles, fashioned of fleecy clouds, a handful of stars tossed into the night sky.

5. Bernstein Securities analyst Paul Gait:

   Most mining companies like diamonds, the basic reason why they've not been able to get bigger diamond positions speaks to the fundamental attractiveness of the industry.

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