Crystal vs. Diamond

Crystalnoun

The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Diamondnoun

Something that resembles a diamond.

Crystaladjective

Very clear.

‘"Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal."’;

Diamondnoun

(geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.

Crystalnoun

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.

Diamondnoun

(geometry) The polyiamond made up of two triangles.

Crystalnoun

The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; - called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.

Diamondnoun

(baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.

Crystalnoun

A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.

Diamondnoun

(baseball) The infield of a baseball field.

‘The teams met on the diamond.’;

Crystalnoun

The glass over the dial of a watch case.

Diamondnoun

(card games) A card of the diamonds suit.

‘I have only one diamond in my hand.’;

Crystalnoun

Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.

‘The blue crystal of the seas.’;

Diamondnoun

A size of type, standardised as 4½ point.

Crystaladjective

Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.

‘Through crystal walls each little mote will peep.’; ‘By crystal streams that murmur through the meads.’; ‘The crystal pellets at the touch congeal,And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail.’;

Diamondnoun

The size of type between brilliant and pearl, standardized as 4½-point.

Crystalnoun

a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

Diamondadjective

made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.

‘He gave her diamond earrings.’;

Crystalnoun

a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

Diamondadjective

of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.

‘Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.’;

Crystalnoun

a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

Diamondadjective

of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.

‘Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.’;

Crystalnoun

colorless glass made of almost pure silica

Diamondadjective

(slang) First-rate; excellent.

‘He's a diamond geezer.’;

Crystalnoun

glassware made of quartz

Diamondverb

to adorn with or as if with diamonds

Crystalnoun

a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

Diamondnoun

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

Crystalnoun

a piece of a homogeneous solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces

‘ice crystals formed where his breath froze’; ‘a quartz crystal’;

Diamondnoun

A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

Crystalnoun

any solid consisting of a symmetrical, ordered, three-dimensional aggregation of atoms or molecules.

Diamondnoun

One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

Crystalnoun

a crystalline piece of semiconductor used as an oscillator or transducer.

Diamondnoun

A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.

Crystalnoun

a clear transparent mineral, especially quartz

‘cups cut from crystal’;

Diamondnoun

The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.

Crystalnoun

a piece of crystalline substance believed to have healing powers.

Diamondnoun

The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen.

Crystalnoun

highly transparent glass with a high refractive index

‘a crystal chandelier’;

Diamondadjective

Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

Crystalnoun

articles made of crystal glass

‘a collection of crystal’;

Diamondnoun

a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

Crystalnoun

the glass over a watch face.

Diamondnoun

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

Crystalnoun

short for crystal meth (methamphetamine)

Diamondnoun

a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds

Crystaladjective

clear and transparent like crystal

‘the clean crystal waters of the lake’;

Diamondnoun

the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

Crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macroscopic single crystals are usually identifiable by their geometrical shape, consisting of flat faces with specific, characteristic orientations.

Diamondnoun

the baseball playing field

Diamondnoun

a precious stone consisting of a clear and colourless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance

‘a diamond ring’;

Diamondnoun

a tool with a small diamond for cutting glass.

Diamondnoun

an excellent or very special person or thing

‘Fred's a diamond’;

Diamondnoun

a figure with four straight sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite obtuse angles; a rhombus

‘a sweater with a pale-blue diamond pattern’;

Diamondnoun

one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a red diamond.

Diamondnoun

a card of the suit of diamonds

‘she led a losing diamond’;

Diamondnoun

the area delimited by the four bases of a baseball field, forming a square shape.

Diamondnoun

a baseball field.

Diamond

Diamond is a form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. At room temperature and pressure, another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon, but diamond almost never converts to it.