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  ADAMANT, n.  A mineral frequently found beneath a corset.  Soluble in
  solicitate of gold.
  
  

  Adamant
     (Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond.
     This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind of hard
     steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of
     the truth (Zech. 7:12), and of hard-heartedness against the
     truth (Jer. 17:1).
     

  Adamant, VT
    Zip code(s): 05640

  Adamant \Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt,
     adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis,
     the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. +
     dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L.
     adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet,
     as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame.]
     1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a
        name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
        hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical
        signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for
        the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
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              Opposed the rocky orb
              Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. --Milton.
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     2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ``A great adamant of
        acquaintance.'' --Bacon.
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              As true to thee as steel to adamant.  --Greene.
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  Adamant \Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt,
     adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis,
     the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. +
     dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L.
     adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet,
     as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame.]
     1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a
        name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
        hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical
        signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for
        the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.
  
              Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample
              shield.                               --Milton.
  
     2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ``A great adamant of
        acquaintance.'' --Bacon.
  
              As true to thee as steel to adamant.  --Greene.

  adamant
       adj : not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course;
             unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his
             refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable;
             she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
             intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal
             tendancy" [syn: adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]
       n : very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn: diamond]

  adamant
     Αγγλικά a.
     αδιάλλακτος, ανένδοτος, ανυποχώρητος, που δεν αλλάζει θέση, δεν
  υποχωρεί, αμετάπειστος, επίμονος

  adamant
     Cornish n.
     1 The mineral, diamond
     2 A gemstone made from diamond.
     Irish n.
     (alternative form of ga adhmaint t=adamant, lodestone; magnet)
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en adamant), adamantine (gloss: valuable gemstone)
     2 An invulnerable or indomitable object
     3 A natural magnet; magnetite.
     Polish n.
     (transclude sense pl adamant id=imaginary)

  adamant
     a.
     1 (lb en said of people and their conviction) (l en firm Firm); (l en
  unshakeable); (l en unyielding); (l en determined).
     2 (lb en of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
     n.
     (senseid en imaginary) An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable
  hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
  hardness.

  adamant
     Cornish n.
     1 The mineral, diamond
     2 A gemstone made from diamond.
     Irish n.
     (alternative form of ga adhmaint t=adamant, lodestone; magnet)
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en adamant), adamantine (gloss: valuable gemstone)
     2 An invulnerable or indomitable object
     3 A natural magnet; magnetite.
     Polish n.
     (transclude sense pl adamant id=imaginary)

  adamant
     Cornish n.
     1 The mineral, diamond
     2 A gemstone made from diamond.
     Irish n.
     (alternative form of ga adhmaint t=adamant, lodestone; magnet)
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en adamant), adamantine (gloss: valuable gemstone)
     2 An invulnerable or indomitable object
     3 A natural magnet; magnetite.
     Polish n.
     (transclude sense pl adamant id=imaginary)

  adamant
     Englanti a.
     järkkymätön
     Englanti n.
     timantinkova kivi

  adamant
     Engelska a.
     (tagg kat=mineraler språk=en) orubblig, hård (först om stenar eller
  mineraler, nu i mer allmän betydelse)
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg mineraler språk=en) adamantium
     2 (tagg kat=ålderdomligt språk=en) (dödform) diamant, magnetit

  Adamant /ˌɑdamˈant/ 
   [min.] adamant 
           Note: hartes Gestein

  Adamant /ˌɑdamˈant/ 
  adamant, adamantyn, diament
  veraltet: sehr harter Edelstein, Diamant

  Adamant /ˌɑdamˈant/ 
  adamnt 2.
  kein Plural: fiktives, sehr hartes Metall, Mineral
   3.
  veraltet: sehr harter Edelstein, Diamant

  Adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  عنيد

  adamant //ˈæd.ə.mænt// //ˈæd.ə.mənt// 
  неподатлив, непреклонен, твърд
  determined; unshakeable; unyielding

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/ 
  neústupný

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  velmi tvrdý přírodní krystalický uhlík

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  Adamant  [min.]
           Note: hartes Gestein

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
   [fig.] entschieden, kategorisch, eisern 
        "an adamant refusal"  - eine kategorische Ablehnung
        "be an adamant defender of sth."  - ein eiserner Verfechter von etw. sein
        "be adamant that …"  - unbeirrt/hartnäckig dabei bleiben, dass …, sich nicht davon abbringen lassen, dass …

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  
  άκαμπτος, αμετάπειστος

  adamant //ˈæd.ə.mænt// //ˈæd.ə.mənt// 
  järkkymätön, peräänantamaton
  determined; unshakeable; unyielding

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/ 
  1. अडिग
        "She is adamant that she wont attend the party."

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  dijamant, nesalomljiv, postojan, čvrst

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  1. gyémántkeménységû
  2. gyémántkeménységû anyag
  3. hajthatatlan
  4. gyémántkeménységû kô

  adamant //ˈæd.ə.mænt// //ˈæd.ə.mənt// 
  金剛
  rock or mineral

  adamant /'ædəmənt/
  1. kietas metalas/mineralas, deimantas
  2. kietas, tvirtas
  3. nepalaužiamas, nepalenkiamas

  adamant /ˈædəmənt/ 
    niewzruszony (about - co do)

  adamant /ædəmənt/
  resistente

  adamant //ˈæd.ə.mænt// //ˈæd.ə.mənt// 
  benhård, obeveklig, orubblig
  determined; unshakeable; unyielding

  adamant //ˈæd.ə.mænt// //ˈæd.ə.mənt// 
  adamant
  rock or mineral

  adamant /ˈadəmənt/
  1. hoşgörüsüz
  2. çok sert
  3. çok sert efsanevi bir taş.

  
/ˈædəmənt/

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adamant":
     adamantine, at a standstill, cast-iron, dour, firm, flintlike,
     flinty, frozen, granitelike, granitic, grim, hard, hard-core,
     immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, implacable,
     impliable, inductile, inelastic, inexorable, inextensible,
     inextensile, inextensional, inflexible, intractable, intractile,
     intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient,
     lithic, marblelike, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, pat,
     petrified, petrogenic, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rock,
     rock-ribbed, slaty, standpat, stationary, steely, stern, stiff,
     stone, stubborn, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable,
     uncompromising, unextendible, unextensible, unflexible, ungiving,
     unlimber, unmalleable, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpliable,
     unpliant, unrelenting, unswayable, untractable, unyielding
  
  

  n. 坚硬无比之物;
  a. 非常坚硬的;

     n. 坚硬的东西
     a. 非常坚硬的