What's the difference between hyacinth and zircon?

Hyacinth


Definition:

  • (n.) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. H. orientalis is a common variety.
  • (n.) A plant of the genus Camassia (C. Farseri), called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
  • (n.) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
  • (n.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem. See Zircon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hyacinth Bucket finagling her way into the company of mass murderers."
  • (2) It’s unfortunate, but you have to destroy some areas to save the city Victor Coenen Ahok deployed squadrons of workers to clean the rivers of their choking surface carpets of rubbish and water hyacinths.
  • (3) Anyone caught exporting or possessing invasive species such as grey squirrels, ruddy ducks and water hyacinth in the EU will soon face heavy fines and confiscations, under a new blacklist filed at the WTO, which the Guardian has seen.
  • (4) Diagnosis of Escherichia coli septicemia and enteritis in a hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) was based on lesions such as generalized hyperemia and hemorrhages in visceral organs, fibrinonecrotic lesions in the intestine, and isolation of E coli in pure culture from the heart blood, liver, and intestine.
  • (5) Both species are most abundant in the presence of aquatic vegetation, but they differ in their respective associations with the water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes.
  • (6) Dermatophilosis was diagnosed in the area of Saint-Hyacinthe in October 1978.
  • (7) Birch twig and marguerite most frequently induced symptoms, followed by strongly smelling flowers such as hyacinth, lilac, and lily of the valley.
  • (8) Sam-samping had 4.79% total oligosaccharides and hyacinth bean or batao, 3.66%.
  • (9) René Théophile Hyacinthe Lënnec is famous chiefly for the invention of the stethoscope.
  • (10) The effect of electroplating factory effluent in different concentrations (viz., 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0%) on the germination and growth of hyacinth beans (Dolichos lablab) and mustard seeds (Brassica compestris) was studied.
  • (11) The aquatic weed--water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms] showed a remarkable capacity to withstand the effects of pH changes ranging from 5 to 8 in the aquatic environment.
  • (12) The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) may be used as a sensitive biological indicator for continuously monitoring trace quantities of toxic heavy metals in aquatic systems.
  • (13) The metal content in the hyacinth bean plants increased with increasing effluent concentration but after 1.0% effluent concentration, the concentration of all the metals (Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cu, Zn, Fe) decreased in the plants except Cr, which increased throughout.
  • (14) But someone who lives or works here has put a couple of drooping geraniums on a first-floor windowsill, a touchingly modest, personal attempt at home-making, more human in scale than all the tulips, hyacinths and pansies planted in vast quantities in the gardens along the road, which have been landscaped into luxury-hotel-style anonymity.
  • (15) It is a sandy patch of land surrounded by water in which bare-chested boys in dugout canoes paddle among the hyacinths.
  • (16) A total of 30 isolates of Treponema hyodysenteriae collected in the Saint-Hyacinthe (Quebec, Canada) area were serotyped by agar gel double immunodiffusion by using extracted lipopolysaccharide and hyperimmune rabbit antisera.
  • (17) Harvested hyacinths represent a useful product which could be converted into compost, or used directly as a soil amendment.
  • (18) "It's disgusting," said Hyacinth Rattray, who featured in episode two in a subplot that followed the street's unsuccessful attempt to win a prize in the Britain in Bloom competition.
  • (19) Stabilization ponds followed by hyacinth culture constitute an economical, low energy treatment system which reduces significantly those potential health hazards associated with wastewaters.
  • (20) For example, gay culture holds a special place for those who put on an extravagantly brave front (think Hyacinth Bucket); or for those who maintain strength against the odds, or who face rejection or adversity (or their own demons) with style.

Zircon


Definition:

  • (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A red variety, used as a gem, is called hyacinth. Colorless, pale-yellow or smoky-brown varieties from Ceylon are called jargon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Modern ultrasonic transducers mainly employ lead zirconate titanate (PZT) but vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene copolymer (P (VDF-TrPE)) is becoming more competitive.
  • (2) The application of zircon (ZrSiO4) that has high refractoriness, high thermal conductivity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion, to quick casting investment was studied.
  • (3) Disk-shaped implants of spinel, alumina, mullite, zircon, a cast Co-Cr-Mo alloy, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), were implanted in the paraspinalis muscle of 12 adult, male, white New Zealand rabbits.
  • (4) Some samples of red mud, phosphogypsum, zircon products and fly ash did show higher levels of radioactivity than would be acceptable on the basis of a criterion formula for gamma-ray activity suggested for use in some OECD countries.
  • (5) An Ontario plant with 101 workers, producing and using the ceramic compound lead titanate zirconate (LTZ), was investigated.
  • (6) The acoustic emission from cavitation in the field of an extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter has been studied using a lead zirconate titanate piezoceramic (PC4) hydrophone in the form of a 100-mm diameter focused bowl of 120-mm focal length.
  • (7) Further heating changed surface structure and led to zircon production in the zirconia fibres.
  • (8) 2) Dainainvest (Ohara) mainly containing zircon indicated the reduction in surface roughness due to coating.
  • (9) Small casting of pure titanium and K-metal could be done successfully by the quick casting method using the zircon-phosphoric acid investments.
  • (10) Results were as follows: 1) The refractory compositions of seven commercialized coating materials were composed of alpha-quartz (SiO2), zircon (ZrSiO4) and zirconium oxide (ZrO2).
  • (11) The transducer usually consists of a piezoelectric crystal composed of such ceramic materials as barium titanate, lead titanate, zirconate, or lead metaniobate.
  • (12) Working processes using zircon sand in a factory producing refractory material were studied from the point of view of radiation protection.
  • (13) Zircon sand contains high concentrations of natural radionuclides and is a typical example of an enhanced source.
  • (14) Although zircon was slightly observed on the cast surface, the product of reaction was not detected.
  • (15) Formulation of zircon slurry for coating was zircon flower #600 30%, zircon flower #350 10%, and zircon sand CP 60%, and that for sanding was zircon flower #200.
  • (16) Immediately after coating with zircon slurry, the coating layer was dried, sintered and dewaxed by thermal shock.
  • (17) A new family of materials consisting of lead lanthanium zirconate titanate (PLZT) has evolved from recent advances in ferroelectric ceramics.
  • (18) We used a flat or focused, 10 mm diameter transducer made of lead zirconate-titanate with a resonant frequency of 2 or 3 MHz at a repetition rate of 3.6 kHz.
  • (19) 3) Liquid investment (Nobilium) and Paint investment (Shofu) having about equal amounts of alpha-quartz and zircon showed as reduction in surface roughness as Dainainvest.
  • (20) Various zircon powders and phosphoric acid solutions were tested with respect to the higher thermal shock resistance.