diamaund Alternative form of diamond

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博客围绕“Diamond”展开，介绍其作为名词时，可指钻石、菱形、纸牌中的方块等，还提及在棒球、印刷等领域的含义；作形容词时表示类似钻石的、由钻石制成的等，此外还列举了相关搭配及使用示例。

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Diamond

Diamond (?; 277), n. Old English. diamaund

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

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

Noun the baseball playing field

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

Noun a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds

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

Noun very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

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

n. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

n. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

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

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

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

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

Diamond

Di"a*mond (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. . Perh. the corruption is due to the influence of Gr. transparent. See Adamant, Tame.] 1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. &hand; The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, 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. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups. 5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles. 6.(Print.)The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. 'b5 This line is printed in the type calledDiamond.Black diamond,coal; SeeCarbonado. -- Bristol diamond.SeeBristol stone, underBristol. -- Diamond beetle(Zo'94l.),a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. -- Diamond bird(Zo'94l.),a small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, familyAmpelid'91.). It is black, with white spots. -- Diamond drill(Engin.),a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. -- Diamond finch(Zo'94l.),a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. -- Diamond groove(Iron Working),a groove of V-section in a roll. -- Diamond mortar(Chem.),a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. -- Diamond-point tool,a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. -- Diamond snake(Zo'94l.),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.