emerald

Noun
US[em-ruhld]/ˈɛmrəld/2–3 syllablesalso [em-er-ruhld] /ˈɛmɚrəld/

Open English WordNet

Noun (3)emeralds

  1. a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstoneType of transparent gem, beryl
  2. a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gemType of jewel, gem
  3. the green color of an emeraldType of green, greenness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Em′er·ald noun

Origin: OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. émeraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. …; cf. …kr. marakata.

1. Mineralogy A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

2. Printing A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpareil. It is used by English printers.

☞ This line is printed in the type called emerald.

Em′er·ald adjective

Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. “Emerald meadows.” George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron

Emerald fish Zoology, a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; — whence the name; — called also esmeralda. — Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; — also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. — Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. — Emerald spodumene, or Lithia emerald. Mineralogy See Hiddenite. — Emerald nickel. Mineralogy See Zaratite.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Emerald

An object-oriented distributed programming language and environment developed at the University of Washington in the early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to EPL. It is strongly typed and uses signatures and prototypes rather than inheritance.

["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].

(1994-11-09)

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