slovodefinícia
adamantine
(encz)
adamantine,neústupný adj: Zdeněk Brož
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
(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]
podobné slovodefinícia
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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