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R0336600 (ro͞o′bē)n. pl. ru·bies 1. A red, translucent variety of the mineral corundum, highly valued as a precious stone.2. Something, such as a watch bearing, that is made from a ruby.3. A dark or deep red to deep purplish red.adj. Of the color ruby.

[Middle English, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus (lapis), red (stone), ruby, from Latin rubeus, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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(ˈruːbɪ) n, pl -bies1. (Minerals) a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum: occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized. It is used as a gemstone, in lasers, and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al2O32. (Colours) a. the deep-red colour of a rubyb. (as adjective): ruby lips. 3. a. something resembling, made of, or containing a rubyb. (as modifier): ruby necklace. 4. (modifier) denoting a fortieth anniversary: our ruby wedding. 5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 5 point[C14: from Old French rubi, from Latin rubeus reddish, from ruber red] ˈruby-ˌlike adj

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n., pl. -bies,
adj. n. 1. a red variety of corundum, used as a gem. 2. something made of this stone or an imitation, as a bearing in a watch. 3. a deep red; carmine. adj. 4. ruby-colored. 5. containing or set with rubies. [1275–1325; rubi (n.) < Old French < Old Provençal robi(n) < Medieval Latin rubīnus (lapis) red (stone), derivative of Latin ruber red]

ru·by

(ro͞o′bē) A deep-red, translucent form of the mineral corundum that is valued as a precious stone.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ruby - a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gemjewel, precious stone, gem - a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry
	2.	ruby - a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in laserscorundom, corundum - very hard mineral used as an abrasivetransparent gem - a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion
	3.	ruby - a deep and vivid red color crimson, deep redred, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Adj.	1.	ruby - of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubiesblood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby-red, scarlet, ruddychromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

红宝石红宝石色的

ruby

(ˈruːbi) – plural ˈrubies – noun1. a kind of deep red precious stone. a ring set with rubies; (also adjective) a ruby necklace.红宝石2. (also adjective) (of) its colour. a ruby dress.红宝石色的

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precious stone, the transparent red variety of corundumcorundum
, mineral, aluminum oxide, Al₂O₃. The clear varieties are used as gems and the opaque as abrasive materials. Corundum occurs in crystals of the hexagonal system and in masses. It is transparent to opaque and has a vitreous to adamantine luster.
..... Click the link for more information. , found chiefly in Myanmar, Thailand, and Sri Lanka and classified among the most valuable of gems. The Myanmarese stones are blood red, the most valued tint being the "pigeon's blood." The Thai stones are darker and the Sri Lankan stones lighter than the Myanmarese specimens. Star rubies, i.e., those that show an internal star-shaped formation when cut in cabochon (with a rounded top), are rare. Synthetic rubies are manufactured by the fusion of pure aluminum oxide. Chromium oxide is added to provide the appropriate color.

Ruby

(Late Latin rubinus, from the Latin rubeus, “red”), a variety of the mineral corundum (Al₂O₃) distinguished by the replacement of Al³⁺ ions by Cr³⁺ ions (from hundredths of a percent to 2 percent). The quantum transitions between the energy levels of the Cr³⁺ ions split by the crystal field give rise to the ruby’s red color (in contrast to the lack of color of corundum). The laser emission of ruby in the red part of the visible spectrum is related to the transitions between various levels of the Cr³⁺ ions, while the action of ruby as a quantum mechanical amplifier of radio waves (maser) is related to transitions between spin states.

The ruby is a precious stone of order I. In the USSR, rubies occur in alluvial deposits in the Central and Southern Urals. Outside the Soviet Union, there are important industrial deposits in Burma, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.

Synthetic rubies, obtained by the same process as that used for corundum (but with the addition of Cr₂O₃), are used in the jewelry and watchmaking industries. They also find use in quantum electronics as the active element of the maser and of the most common solid-state laser, which gives record energies and powers as well as giant pulses.

REFERENCES

Mineraly: Spravochnik, vol. 2. Moscow, 1965.
Rubinisapfir. Moscow, 1974.

A. S. MARFUNIN

What does it mean when you dream about a ruby?

A gemstone that varies from light pink to deep red, the ruby represents passion, the life force, and prosperity. The deeper and more intense the color, the more precious and expensive the stone.

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[′rü·bē] (mineralogy) The red variety of the mineral corundum; in its finest quality, the most valuable of gemstones.

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July. [Am. Gem Symbolism: Kunz, 319–320]See: Birthstones

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represents intensity of feeling; July birthstone. [Gem Symbolism: Kunz, 28, 319]See: Passion, Sensual

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1. a deep red transparent precious variety of corundum: occurs naturally in Myanmar and Sri Lanka but is also synthesized. It is used as a gemstone, in lasers, and for bearings and rollers in watchmaking. Formula: Al₂O₃ 2. the deep-red colour of a ruby

Ruby

(language)

1. A relational language designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in1986 for describing and designing circuits (a hardware description language). Ruby programs denote binary relations and programs are built-up inductively fromprimitive relations using a pre-defined set of relational operators. Ruby programs also have a geometricinterpretation as networks of primitive relations connected bywires, which is important when layout is considered in circuitdesign.

Ruby has been continually developed since 1986, and has beenused to design many different kinds of circuits, includingsystolic arrays, butterfly networks and arithmeticcircuits.

ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/.

E-mail: .

["Ruby - A Language of Relations and Higher-Order Functions",M. Sheeran, Proc 3rd Banff Workshop on Hardware Verification,Springer 1990].

Ruby

An interpreted, object-oriented programming language that is somewhat similar to Perl in syntax. Known for its easy manipulation of text strings, everything in Ruby is an object, including primitive elements. Ruby programs and libraries are distributed in Ruby's "gem" format using the RubyGems package manager. JRuby is a Ruby implementation written in Java, and eRuby is an embedded version.

Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails (RoR) is an open source application framework for Ruby that is widely used for writing Web applications.

Rubies and Pearls
Written by Yukihiro Matsumoto and introduced in 1995, Ruby was named after the July birthstone that followed the Pearl birthstone of June. The design goal for Ruby was to create a language that was more intuitive for the programmer than previous languages. For more information, visit www.ruby-lang.org.

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

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noun a transparent deep red variety of corundum

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noun a deep and vivid red color

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adj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)

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