(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The most suitable condition for mucosalplasty revealed the size of the diamond particle to be 200 microns, and rotational speed to be between 12,000-20,000 rpm.
(2) Of roots treated by diamond burs, 165 stained areas were evaluated; 9 (5.5%) exhibited bacteria.
(3) Hopes that the Queen's diamond jubilee and the £9bn spent on the Olympics would lift sales over the longer term have largely been dashed as growth slows and the outlook, though robust with a growing order book, remains subdued.
(4) The pieces include a barrel-shaped diamond worth at least $5m (£3.3m) and a Cartier diamond tiara estimated to be worth more than $100,000.
(5) The diamond midfield that Klinsmann has tried to introduce of late requires Altidore to do a lot of muscling and running up front, with Clint Dempsey free to run off him when the USA attack.
(6) In the context of a simplified diamond lattice model of a six-member, Greek key beta-barrel protein that is closely related in topology to plastocyanin, the nature of the folding and unfolding pathways have been investigated using dynamic Monte Carlo techniques.
(7) In the 18 asymptomatic diamond assorters, electrophysiological studies revealed an ulnar neuropathy in two (again in the hand used for holding the eye-glass).
(8) I don’t think if you go and pass a piece of legislation that said that a diamond is a square makes diamonds squares, they’re two different things.
(9) Left ventricular compliance was evaluated by various indices (Diamond, Mirsky, Gaasch, Laird), and was found to be increased equally in the chronic and acute types.
(10) The selection of diamond-coates whetstones manufactured by Chirana for turbine drills is extended at present by two new types of toods with a different size of diamond particles.
(11) This cross-sectional study was undertaken after the discovery of cobalt-related fibrosing alveolitis and bronchial asthma in diamond polishers occupationally exposed to cobalt.
(12) In January 2007 the Guardian disclosed that BAE had used an offshore front company, Red Diamond , to secretly pay £8.4m, 30% of the radar's ostensible price, into a Swiss account.
(13) Entwistle's chances were at one stage thought to have diminished in the wake of the much-criticised BBC coverage of the Diamond Jubilee pageant, which came under his responsibility.
(14) Each component of the bonding agent (Syntac: Ivoclar Vivadent) was labelled with a fluorescent dye, the unfilled resin being light cured for 30 s with the composite restoration placed in one increment and light cured for 40 s. The samples were longitudinally sectioned using a slow speed diamond saw underwater, either immediately or 24 h post placement.
(15) Sharply escalating the sanctions regime against Tehran, the EU also froze the Iranian central bank's assets in Europe and banned gold, precious metals and diamond transactions.
(16) Logging, cattle farming and soy plantations are key, plus the increased construction of dams and road, and shifting patterns of farming for local people and mining (for diamonds, bauxite, manganese, iron, tin, copper, lead and gold).
(17) The country’s supreme court ruled that Imelda Marcos illegally acquired the items, including diamond-studded tiaras and an extremely rare 25-carat pink diamond.
(18) They contrast this with the proposal that infants may make the AB error because of immaturity of the frontal lobe system (Diamond; Diamond & Goldman-Rakic).
(19) The exposure came from the diamond cobalt discs used for polishing diamonds, which had as the hard element microdiamonds, cemented in an alloy of pure cobalt.
(20) Bob Diamond did not believe he received an instruction from Paul Tucker or that he gave an instruction to Jerry del Missier.
Diaper
Definition:
(n.) Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
(n.) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.
(n.) A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.
(n.) An infant's breechcloth.
(v. t.) To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving.
(v. t.) To put a diaper on (a child).
(v. i.) To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) This allowed for the controlled assessment of skin condition with respect to diaper type.
(2) Dermatophytosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of rashes in the diaper area.
(3) In group 1 (50 patients) a traditional closed urinary drainage system was used, while in group 2 (50 patients) an open drainage system into doubled diapers was used.
(4) Despite the overall low prevalence of diaper dermatitis in the newborn period, 7 of 204 infants evaluated had small skin erosions in the diaper area noted within the first 4 days of age.
(5) The questionnaire data revealed that pretrained fathers diapered and fed the newborn significantly more often than the untrained fathers.
(6) Little is known about diaper rash and diapering materials in AD.
(7) Most mothers have made a diaper choice by the time an infant is born.
(8) The disease implies a congenital intrauterine infection and is different from neonatal candidiasis which manifests as thrush, diaper dermatitis.
(9) The authors presents 3 cases of Kawasaki disease where, in all cases, a perineal rash or rash located in the diaper area, was an initial or predominant sign.
(10) The majority of incontinent patients still residing in the community were being managed by nonspecific techniques such as diapers and toileting schedules.
(11) Outbreaks are commonest in centers that are large, have long operating hours, and enroll children younger than the age of two years (i.e., those in diapers).
(12) However, by improving the inherently adverse relationship between diapers and diapered skin, one can have a significant effect on the incidence and severity of diaper dermatitis.
(13) Infants diapered in disposable diapers with AGM had a significantly (P 0.032) lower mean grade of diaper dermatitis during diarrhea episodes and a lower (P 0.054) mean grade during antibiotic use, compared to those diapered in conventional disposable diapers.
(14) Results were excellent for diapers A and B: there were no significant differences observed in water content of the corneum when A and B were compared with conventional cotton diapers.
(15) Statistical correlations between diaper dermatitis and age, presence of atopic dermatitis, and health conditions were found.
(16) Diaper dermatitis is a term used to encompass a wide range of inflammatory processes that occur in the area covered by the diaper.
(17) Expressing his gratitude to all foreign countries for the aid, Vucic said Serbia now needed "food, baby food, diapers, all kind of clothes, medicaments, bottled water, disinfection and hygienic resources".
(18) A form-fitting glans condom has been developed for use in small uncircumcised males with neurogenic bladders to avoid the problems inherent with diapers.
(19) The common use of the triple diaper treatment is not recommended.
(20) During this care the mother holds her diaper-clad premature infant against her skin beneath her clothing and allows self-regulatory access to breast-feeding.