TOPAZ
\tˈɒpaz], \tˈɒpaz], \t_ˈɒ_p_a_z]\
Definitions of TOPAZ
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
By Princeton University
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a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.
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Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies.
By Oddity Software
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A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.
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Either one of two species of large, brilliantly colored humming birds of the Topaza, of South America and the West Indies.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A mineral, one of the gems, generally yellowish, occurring in rhombic prisms, and consisting of silica, alumina, and fluoric acid.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One of the precious stones, occurring in finely-striated crystals, transparent, of various colours or colourless, most frequently yellow, and harder than quartz.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek, Sanskrit] A mineral; the silicate of alumina with a portion of fluorine, occurring in primitive rocks as loose or embedded crystals, rhombic in form, and yellow, blue, green, and white in colour. The Brazilian or yellow topaz is most valued by the lapidary.
