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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Sapphire (0.01031 detik)
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English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: sapphire
safir
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: sapphire
batu nilam, nilakandi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sapphire
sapphire
adj : having the color of a blue sapphire;
“sapphire eyes”
sapphire
n 1: a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as
a gemstone
2: a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and
polished and is valued as a precious gem
3: a light shade of blue [syn:
azure,
cerulean,
lazuline,
sky-blue]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sapphire
Sapphire
\Sap"phire\, a.
Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
“The sapphire
blaze.” --Gray.
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Sapphire
\Sap"phire\ (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. saphir, F. saphir,
L. sapphirus, Gr. ?, of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. sapp[=i]r.]
1. (Min.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide,
Al2O3;
corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum,
highly prized as a gem.
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Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearl['e]s white.
--Chaucer.
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Note: Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in
granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is
usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the
bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see
under
Ruby), the amethystine variety Oriental
amethyst (see under
Amethyst), and the dull massive
varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a
general term to include all varieties). See
Corundum.
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2. The color of the gem; bright blue.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Any humming bird of the genus
Hylocharis,
native of South America. The throat and breast are usually
bright blue.
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Star sapphire, or
Asteriated sapphire (Min.), a kind of
sapphire which exhibits asterism.
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