Definition of Adamantine. Meaning of Adamantine. Synonyms of Adamantine

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Adamantine. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Adamantine and, of course, Adamantine synonyms and on the right images related to the word Adamantine.

Definition of Adamantine

Adamantine
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. 2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Meaning of Adamantine from wikipedia

- up adamantine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adamantine may refer to: Adamant or adamantine, a generic name for a very hard material Adamantine (veneer)...
- Adamantine spar is a silky brown variety of corundum. It has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. Yogo sapphire "Adamantine Spar". Archived from the original...
- as the specimen is rotated). A list of such phenomena is given below. Adamantine minerals possess a superlative[clarification needed] lustre, which is...
- Adamantine is a veneer developed by The Celluloid Manufacturing Company of New York City, covered by U.S. Patent number 232,037, dated September 7, 1880...
- adamant or adamantine is mentioned eight times. First in Book 1, Satan is hurled "to bottomless perdition, there to dwell in adamantine chains and penal...
- on the English noun and adjective adamant (and the derived adjective adamantine) added to the neo-Latin suffix "-ium". The adjective adamant has long...
- adamantine crystals, although in many cases are poorly terminated. Crystals are of a bright hyacinth-red color, translucent, and have an adamantine to...
- forehead) — within her womb. Gaia created a great sickle, forged from adamantine, and hid it in a crevice on Mount Othrys. Gaia then proceeded to attempt...
- Jonathan Swift. It is aboutMiles (ca. 7¼ km) in diameter, with an adamantine base, which its inhabitants can manoeuvre in any direction using magnetic...
- scale hardness 10 Luster Adamantine Streak White Specific gravity 3.52±0.01 Density 3.5–3.53 g/cm3 Polish luster Adamantine Optical properties None Birefringence...