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adamant
(encz) | adamant,neústupný adj: pruduska |
adamant
(encz) | adamant,skálopevný adj: Fišer |
adamant
(encz) | adamant,velmi tvrdý přírodní krystalický uhlík |
Adamant
(gcide) | Adamant \Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt,
adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis,
the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. +
dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L.
adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet,
as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame.]
1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a
name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical
signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for
the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
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Opposed the rocky orb
Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. --Milton.
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2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of
acquaintance." --Bacon.
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As true to thee as steel to adamant. --Greene.
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adamant
(wn) | adamant
adj 1: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is
adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was
inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal
tendency" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable,
intransigent]
n 1: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn:
diamond, adamant] |
adamant
(devil) | ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in
solicitate of gold.
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adamantane
(encz) | adamantane,adamantan n: [chem.] tricyklodekan |
adamantine
(encz) | adamantine,neústupný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
adamantly
(encz) | adamantly,neústupně adv: Zdeněk Brožadamantly,skálopevně adv: Fišer |
adamantan
(czen) | adamantan,adamantanen: [chem.] tricyklodekan |
Adamant
(gcide) | Adamant \Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt,
adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis,
the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. +
dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L.
adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet,
as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame.]
1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a
name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical
signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for
the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
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Opposed the rocky orb
Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. --Milton.
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2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of
acquaintance." --Bacon.
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As true to thee as steel to adamant. --Greene.
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Adamantean
(gcide) | Adamantean \Ad`a*man*te"an\, a. [L. adamant[=e]us.]
Of adamant; hard as adamant. --Milton.
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Adamantine
(gcide) | Adamantine \Ad`a*man"tine\, a. [L. adamantinus, Gr. ?.]
1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant;
incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as,
adamantine bonds or chains.
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2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
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adamantine spar
(gcide) | Corundum \Co*run"dum\ (k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), n.; pl. Corundums
(k[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]mz). [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand
corundum stone.] (Min.)
The mineral alumina (Al2O3), as found native in a
crystalline state. Transparent varieties are used as
gemstones, including sapphire, which is the fine blue
variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the {oriental
amethyst}, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the
hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native,
next to the diamond.
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Note: The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the
non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a
dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with
magnetic iron ore.
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Crotalus adamanteus
(gcide) | Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\ (r[a^]t"t'l*sn[=a]k`), n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes
belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or
Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a
series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail
which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common
rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus
horridus}), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called
diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and
East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are
the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
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Ground rattlesnake (Zool.), a small rattlesnake ({Caudisona
miliaria} or Sistrurus miliaria) of the Southern United
States, having a small rattle. It has nine large scales on
its head.
Rattlesnake fern (Bot.), a common American fern
(Botrychium Virginianum) having a triangular decompound
frond and a long-stalked panicle of spore cases rising
from the middle of the frond.
Rattlesnake grass (Bot.), a handsome American grass
(Glyceria Canadensis) with an ample panicle of rather
large ovate spikelets, each one composed of imbricated
parts and slightly resembling the rattle of the
rattlesnake. Sometimes called quaking grass.
Rattlesnake plantain (Bot.), See under Plantain.
Rattlesnake root (Bot.), a name given to certain American
species of the composite genus Prenanthes ({Prenanthes
alba} and Prenanthes serpentaria), formerly asserted to
cure the bite of the rattlesnake. Called also {lion's
foot}, gall of the earth, and white lettuce.
Rattlesnake's master (Bot.)
(a) A species of Agave (Agave Virginica) growing in the
Southern United States.
(b) An umbelliferous plant (Eryngium yuccaefolium) with
large bristly-fringed linear leaves.
(c) A composite plant, the blazing star ({Liatris
squarrosa}).
Rattlesnake weed (Bot.), a plant of the composite genus
Hieracium (Hieracium venosum); -- probably so named
from its spotted leaves. See also Snakeroot.
[1913 Webster]Water rattle \Wa"ter rat"tle\ Water rattler \Wa"ter rat"tler\
(Zool.)
The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called
from its preference for damp places near water.
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Rhadamanthine
(gcide) | Rhadamanthine \Rhad`a*man"thine\, a.
Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a
Rhadamanthine judgment.
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Rhadamanthus
(gcide) | Rhadamanthus \Rhad`a*man"thus\, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. ???.]
(Greek Mythol.)
One of the three judges of the infernal regions;
figuratively, a strictly just judge.
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adamantine
(wn) | adamantine
adj 1: consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
2: having the hardness of a diamond
3: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is
adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was
inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
[syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent] |
adamantly
(wn) | adamantly
adv 1: inflexibly; unshakably; "adamantly opposed to the
marriage" |
crotalus adamanteus
(wn) | Crotalus adamanteus
n 1: large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings [syn:
diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, {Crotalus
adamanteus}] |
rhadamanthus
(wn) | Rhadamanthus
n 1: (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld |
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