diamond

n 1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and

polished and is valued as a precious gem

2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn: {adamant}]

3: a playing card in the minor suit of diamonds

4: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and

home plate [syn: {baseball diamond}, {infield}] [ant: {outfield}]

5: the baseball playing field [syn: {ball field}]

Diamond

One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms,

used in "Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent

Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl

Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968). (cf. Brilliant,

Nonpareil, Pearl[3], Ruby[2]).