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Diamond
Diamond
In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

is the hardest known natural material.

Diamond, or may also refer to:
  • Diamond (gemstone)
    Diamond (gemstone)
    A diamond is one of the best-known and most sought-after gemstones...

  • Diamonds, a suit
    Suit (cards)
    In playing cards, a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several symbols showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or in addition be indicated by the color printed on the card...

     of cards
  • Alt codes, ♦, the character or symbol formed by using the Alt key in conjunction with the Number Pad (Alt+num4)
  • Lozenge
    Lozenge
    A lozenge , often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus. The definition of lozenge is not strictly fixed, and it is sometimes used simply as a synonym for rhombus. Most often, though, lozenge refers to a thin rhombus—a rhombus with acute angles of 45°...

    , ◊, form of rhombus and symbols with that shape
    • ◊, symbol for the diamond principle, combinatorial principle in set theory
    • ◊, symbol for high-occupancy vehicle lane
      High-occupancy vehicle lane
      In transportation engineering and transportation planning, a high-occupancy vehicle lane is a lane reserved for vehicles with a driver and one or more passengers...

    • ◊, symbol for segregated cycle facilities
      Segregated cycle facilities
      Segregated cycle facilities are marked lanes, tracks, shoulders and paths designated for use by cyclists from which motorised traffic is generally excluded...

       (bicycle lane) in the United States

Surname

  • Alexander Diamond
    Alexander Diamond
    Alexander Kevin "Zander" Diamond is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Oldham Athletic.-Aberdeen:...

     (born 1985), Scottish professional footballer
  • Amy Diamond
    Amy Diamond
    Amy Diamond is a Swedish pop singer, actress and television presenter. She is known for her single "What's in It for Me" and album This Is Me Now which were released when she was 12 years old. The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It was the most-played song in Poland...

     (born 1992), Swedish pop singer
  • Anne Diamond
    Anne Diamond
    Anne Margaret Diamond is an English radio and television presenter and journalist. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the similarly titled Good Morning... with Anne and Nick for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter...

     (born 1954), British television presenter
  • Barry Diamond (American comedian)
    Barry Diamond (American comedian)
    Barry Diamond is an American comedian who released one album, Fighter Pilot on IRS Records in 1983. He continues to perform stand-up comedy today....

    , American comedian
  • Benjamin Diamond
    Benjamin Diamond
    Benjamin Diamond is a French singer.He started life as a punk rocker in the band Chicken Pox, but taking inspiration from artists such as New Order, Michael Jackson, and Roxy Music, he veered towards electro and joined The Party...

     (born 1972), French singer
  • Bernard L. Diamond
    Bernard L. Diamond
    Bernard Lee Diamond was a Professor of law and psychiatry at the University of California, Berkeley. He is primarily known for his contribution to what is known as forensic psychiatry. He was an expert witness for the defense in many well known trials, most notably the trial of Sirhan Sirhan, the...

     (1912–1990), American Professor of law and psychiatry
  • Cora Diamond
    Cora Diamond
    Cora Diamond is an American philosopher. She has worked on problems in analytic philosophy, the interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and moral philosophy. A moral vegetarian, she has also examined the rhetorical and philosophical nature of contemporary attitudes towards animal rights...

    , US-born philosopher
  • David Diamond (composer)
    David Diamond (composer)
    David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music.-Life and career:He was born in Rochester, New York and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music under Bernard Rogers, also receiving lessons from Roger Sessions in New York City and Nadia Boulanger in...

     (1915–2005), American composer
  • Debi Diamond
    Debi Diamond
    Debi Diamond is an American adult actress and nude model.- Biography :She appeared in her first pornographic film in 1983...

     (born 1965), American pornographic actress
  • Dustin Diamond
    Dustin Diamond
    Dustin Neil Diamond is an American actor, musician, director, and stand-up comedian best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers in the television shows Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class.-Career:Diamond's...

     (born 1977), American actor
  • Gregg Diamond
    Gregg Diamond
    Gregg Diamond was a pianist, drummer, songwriter, and producer who was active in the jazz and disco music scenes of the 1970s.-Career:...

     (1949–1999), American musician
  • I. A. L. Diamond
    I. A. L. Diamond
    I.A.L. Diamond was a comedy writer in Hollywood from the 1940s through the 1980s.-Early life:He was born Iţec Domnici in Ungheni, Iaşi County, Bessarabia, Romania, present day Moldova, was referred to as "Iz" in Hollywood, and was known to quip that his initials stood for "Interscholastic Algebra...

     (1920–1988), Romanian-born American film writer
  • Jack Diamond (architect)
    Jack Diamond (architect)
    A.J. "Jack" Diamond, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian architect.Born in Piet Retief, South Africa, he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cape Town in 1956. He received a Master of Arts degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1958...

     (born 1932), South African born, Canadian architect
  • Jack Diamond (Canadian businessman)
    Jack Diamond (Canadian businessman)
    Jack Diamond, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.Born in Lubience in Galicia, Diamond immigrated to Vancouver in 1927. He bought a butcher shop and later created British Columbia's largest meat packing firm, Pacific Meats...

     (1909–2001), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
  • Jack Diamond (gangster) (1897–1931), Irish-American gangster
  • Jared Diamond
    Jared Diamond
    Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author whose work draws from a variety of fields. He is currently Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA...

     (born 1937), American biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and author
  • Jim Diamond (music producer)
    Jim Diamond (music producer)
    Jim Diamond is a music producer, studio engineer, and bass guitar player based in Detroit, Michigan. He worked on the first two White Stripes albums and played bass with The Dirtbombs.- Background :...

     (born 1965), American studio engineer, producer and bass player
  • Jim Diamond (singer) (born 1953), Scottish rock musician
  • Jody Diamond
    Jody Diamond
    Jody Diamond is an American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator. She specializes in traditional and new music for Indonesian gamelan and is active internationally as a scholar, performer, and publisher.-Biography:She received a B.A. from the University of California,...

     (born 1953), American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator
  • John Diamond (journalist)
    John Diamond (journalist)
    John Diamond was a British broadcaster and journalist.- Education and training :Diamond was the son of a biochemist and a fashion designer. He grew up in Upper Clapton and Woodford Green, he then attended the City of London School and trained as an English teacher at Trent Park College of...

     (1953–2001), British Jewish broadcaster and journalist
  • John Diamond, Baron Diamond
    John Diamond, Baron Diamond
    John Diamond, Baron Diamond, PC , also known as Jack Diamond, was a British Labour Party politician....

     (1907–2004), British politician
  • King Diamond
    King Diamond
    Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...

     (born 1956), Danish heavy metal musician
  • Larry Diamond
    Larry Diamond
    Larry Diamond is a leading contemporary scholar in the field of democracy studies. He is presently a professor of Sociology and Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative policy think tank...

    , political scientist
  • Lou Diamond
    Lou Diamond
    Master Gunnery Sergeant Leland "Lou" Diamond U.S.M.C. is famous within the U.S. Marine Corps as the classic example of the "Old Breed" - tough, hard-fighting career Marines who served in the Corps in the years between World War I and World War II.-Early years:Diamond was born Leland Sanford...

     (1897–1951), US Marine
  • Majela ZeZe Diamond
    Majela ZeZe Diamond
    Majela ZeZe Diamond is a British comedian, dancer, singer-songwriter, gay icon, entertainer, sex symbol, and prolific solo artist...

     (born 1981), aka "Queen of Vagina", British Comedian, and singer/songwriter
  • Michael Diamond (musician) (born 1965), American musician, member of the Beastie Boys
  • Michael Diamond (sport shooter)
    Michael Diamond (sport shooter)
    Michael Constantine Diamond, OAM is a professional target shooter from Australia. Mastering the shotgun, Diamond succeeded in winning the Olympic gold medal for trap both in Atlanta and Sydney . He also holds the world record in double trap, and held the final world record in trap between 2007...

     (born 1972), Australian professional target shooter
  • Milton Diamond
    Milton Diamond
    Milton Diamond is a retired professor of anatomy and reproductive biology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He has had a very long and productive career in the study of human sexuality...

     (born 1934), American professor of anatomy and reproductive biology
  • Mya Diamond
    Mya Diamond
    Mya Diamond is a Hungarian pornographic actress and nude model, who starred in Porn Wars.-Biography and career:...

     (born 1981), Hungarian pornographic actress
  • Neil Diamond
    Neil Diamond
    Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....

     (born 1941), American singer/songwriter
  • Paul Diamond (born 1961), Croatia-born Canadian professional wrestler
  • Peter A. Diamond
    Peter A. Diamond
    Peter Arthur Diamond is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010, along with Dale T. Mortensen...

     (born 1940), American economist
  • Reed Diamond
    Reed Diamond
    Reed Edward Diamond is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Det. Mike Kellerman on Homicide: Life on the Street and the role of recurring character Laurence Dominic on Dollhouse...

     (born 1967), American actor
  • Robert Diamond
    Robert Diamond
    Robert Edward "Bob" Diamond, Jr. is an American banker, currently Group Chief Executive of British bank, Barclays Plc. He is also Chief Executive of Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth Management, comprising Barclays Capital, Barclays Corporate and Barclays Bank...

     (born 1951), London-based American banker
  • Selma Diamond
    Selma Diamond
    Selma Diamond was a Canadian-born American comic actress and radio and television writer, and is known for her high-range, raspy voice and her portrayal of Selma Hacker on the first two seasons of the NBC television comedy series Night Court.-Life and career:Diamond was born in Montreal, Quebec,...

     (1920–1985), Canadian-born comedic actress and TV writer
  • Simon-Pierre Diamond
    Simon-Pierre Diamond
    Simon-Pierre Diamond is a politician in Quebec. He represented the Marguerite-D'Youville district in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008 as a member of the Action démocratique du Québec....

     (born 1985), Canadian politician
  • Stanley Diamond
    Stanley Diamond
    Stanley Diamond was an American poet and anthropologist. As a young man, he identified as a poet, and his disdain for the fascism of the 1930s greatly influenced his thinking....

     (1922–1991), American anthropologist

First names

  • Diamond (given name)
    Diamond (given name)
    Diamond is a feminine given name derived from the name of the diamond gemstone. The word is derived from the Latin adamas. The name was the 359th most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007...

    , a feminine given name
  • Diamond Dallas Page
    Diamond Dallas Page
    Dallas Page , better known by his ring name "Diamond" Dallas Page , is an American retired professional wrestler, fitness instructor and actor...

     (born 1956), American professional wrestler and actor
  • Diamond D
    Diamond D
    Diamond D is a hip hop producer and MC from the Bronx, New York City, and one of the founding members of the legendary D.I.T.C. crew. He started out as a DJ for Jazzy Jay back in the late 1980s and was at the same time perfecting his skills in beat making and turntablism, and together with rhyme...

    , hip-hop producer/rapper
  • Diamond Darrell a.k.a. Dimebag Darrell
    Dimebag Darrell
    Darrell Lance Abbott , also known as Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American guitarist. He was best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. Abbott also contributed to the album Rebel Meets Rebel, a collaboration between Pantera and David Allan Coe...

     (1966–2004; born Darrell Lance Abbott), American guitarist

Nicknames

  • Ramon Dekkers
    Ramon Dekkers
    Ramon "The Diamond" Dekker is a retired Dutch kickboxer and an eight time Muay Thai world champion.-Early years:Dekker was born in Breda, North Brabant . He began learning martial arts at age 12, studying Judo for a few months. He then started boxing for a year. After that, Dekker started...

     (born 1969), nicknamed The Diamond, former professional Muay Thai and kickbox fighter
  • Diamond (rapper)
    Diamond (rapper)
    For the D.I.T.C. rapper and producer, see Diamond D.Brittany Nicole Carpenter , better known by her stage name Diamond, is an American rapper and former member of the group Crime Mob.-Early life:...

     (born 1988), American female rapper
  • Diamonds, the nickname given to Scottish football club Airdrie United F.C.
    Airdrie United F.C.
    Airdrie United Football Club are a Scottish professional football team based in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. They are currently managed by ex-Airdrieonians player and former Airdrie United Under 19s coach Jimmy Boyle. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the...


Places

  • Diamond, California
    Diamond, California
    Diamond is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 43 feet ....

    , in Contra Costa County
  • Diamond, California, former name of Diamond Springs, California
    Diamond Springs, California
    Diamond Springs is a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,037 at the 2010 census, up from 4,888 at the 2000 census. The town is registered as...

  • Diamond, Illinois
    Diamond, Illinois
    Diamond is a village in Grundy and Will Counties, Illinois. The population was 2,527 at the 2010 census. Terry Kernc is the current mayor of Diamond.-Geography:Diamond is located at ....

    , in the United States
  • Diamond, Indiana
    Diamond, Indiana
    Diamond, also known as Caseyville, is an unincorporated town in southern Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana, USA.-Geography:Diamond is located at at an elevation of 636feet....

  • Diamond, Missouri
    Diamond, Missouri
    Diamond is a city in Newton County, Missouri, United States near Joplin, Missouri. The population was 902 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri, Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Diamond, Ohio
    Diamond, Ohio
    Diamond is an unincorporated community in eastern Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44412. The community is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. Interstate 76 travels near Diamond.-Notable...

  • Diamond, Oregon
    Diamond, Oregon
    Diamond is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States. Diamond is located west of Oregon Route 205 and south of Malheur Lake, south-southeast of Burns by highway. Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97722.-History:...

  • Diamond, Kanawha County, West Virginia
    Diamond, Kanawha County, West Virginia
    Diamond is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. Diamond is located on the north bank of the Kanawha River southeast of Belle. The community is served by U.S. Route 60....

  • Diamond, Logan County, West Virginia
    Diamond, Logan County, West Virginia
    Diamond is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. Diamond is west-southwest of Logan....

  • The Diamond (Longs Peak)
    The Diamond (Longs Peak)
    The Diamond is the sheer and prominent east face of Longs Peak and named for the shape of the cliff. The face has a vertical gain of more than 900 feet all above an elevation of 13,000 feet...

    , cliff on Longs Peak
  • Diamond, United States Virgin Islands
    Diamond, United States Virgin Islands
    Diamond is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands....


Organizations

  • Diamond Aircraft Industries
    Diamond Aircraft Industries
    Diamond Aircraft Industries is an Austrian-based manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and motor gliders, which also has a large manufacturing facility in London, Ontario, Canada...

    , manufacturer of light aircraft
  • Diamond Bus
    Diamond Bus
    Diamond is a bus operator in the West Midlands, formed in 1986 as The Birmingham Coach Company.-Birmingham Coach Company:The company was created in 1986 as the Birmingham Coach Company operating a single route, 16, in competition with West Midlands Travel....

    , British bus company in the West Midlands and the Go West Midlands trading name
  • Diamond Comic Distributors
    Diamond Comic Distributors
    Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. is the largest comic book distributor serving North America. They transport comic books from both big and small comic book publishers, or suppliers, to the retailers. Diamond dominates the direct market in the United States, and has exclusive arrangements with most...

    , largest comic book distributor serving North America
  • Diamond Energy
    Diamond Energy
    Diamond Energy Services, a Swift Current, Saskatchewan company is an operating company of TerraVest Income Fund. Diamond Energy operates in the oilfield services business and maintains office and shop facilities in Medicine Hat and Red Deer, Alberta.-Profile:...

    , energy services company based in Canada
  • Diamond Foods, formerly Diamond Walnut Growers, a packaged food company based in California
  • Diamond Insurance
    Diamond Insurance
    Diamond, part of the Admiral Group, is a car insurance specialist which launched in June 1997. Its head offices are in Capital Tower, Cardiff, Wales. It also has offices in Swansea and Newport and Halifax, Nova Scotia...

    , British insurance provider focused on women car drivers
  • Diamond Light Source
    Diamond Light Source
    Diamond Light Source is the UK's national synchrotron science facility in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Its purpose is to produce intense beams of light whose special characteristics are useful in many areas of scientific research...

    , British synchrotron research facility
  • Diamond Management & Technology Consultants
    Diamond Management & Technology Consultants
    Diamond Management & Technology Consultants was an independent management consulting firm founded in 1994, headquartered in Chicago, IL with satellite offices in Hartford, CT, New York City, Washington DC, London, and Mumbai. It was acquired by PwC in 2010...

     (commonly "Diamond"), Chicago based consulting company
  • Diamond Multimedia
    Diamond Multimedia
    Diamond Multimedia is a company that specializes in many forms of multimedia technology. They have produced graphics cards, motherboards, modems, sound cards and MP3 players, however the company began with the production of the TrackStar, a PC add-on card which emulated Apple II computers...

    , computer hardware and electronics company

Music

  • Diamond certification or record, music recording sales certification in many countries (see RIAA certification
    RIAA certification
    In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

    )
  • The Diamonds
    The Diamonds
    The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet who rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with sixteen Billboard hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville , Ted Kowalski , Phil Levitt , and Bill Reed .-1950s:...

    , Canadian singing group of the 1950s and '60s
  • Diamonds, a UK Number 1 hit instrumental by Jet Harris
    Jet Harris
    Jet Harris, MBE was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan....

     and Tony Meehan
    Tony Meehan
    Daniel Joseph Anthony "Tony" Meehan was a founder member of the British group The Shadows with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch...

    , 1963
  • Diamond (Spandau Ballet album), 1982
  • Diamond (12012 album)
    Diamond (12012 album)
    Diamond is a full length album from 12012. The album was their major label debut, after their move to Universal Music. The album is available in two editions, a regular and special edition; the regular containing a bonus track and the special, a DVD featuring making-of footage, the music video for...

    , 2007
  • Diamond (4minute album)
    Diamond (4minute album)
    Diamond is the first Japanese album by the South Korean girl group 4minute. It was released in Japan on December 15, 2010. It was released in two editions, regular CD only, and limited CD+DVD. Limited edition were housed in a digipack including a 52-page photobook. The album sold a total of 7,060...

    , 2010
  • "Diamond" (Bump of Chicken song)
  • "Diamonds" (Amanda Lear song)
    Diamonds (Amanda Lear song)
    "Diamonds" - a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1980 by Ariola Records.- Song information :"Diamonds" was released as the second single from Amanda's fourth album, Diamonds for Breakfast. It was another Monn-Lear collaboration, with the singer writing the lyrics and Monn providing...

    , 1980
  • "Diamonds" (instrumental), 1963
  • "Diamonds" (Herb Alpert song)
    Diamonds (Herb Alpert song)
    "Diamonds" is the second single by Herb Alpert from his Keep Your Eye on Me album, and features vocals from Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith.-Song information and music video:...

    , 1987
  • "Diamonds" (Fabolous song)
    Diamonds (Fabolous song)
    "Diamonds" is the first single from Fabolous' album From Nothin' to Somethin. The song features Young Jeezy.The original version of the song featured Lil Wayne but was changed because of Def Jam Recordings, who wanted to have a Def Jam artist on the song. Fabolous confirmed he was shooting a video...

    , 2007
  • "Diamonds" (Starboy Nathan song)
    Diamonds (Starboy Nathan song)
    "Diamonds" is the Second official single by Starboy Nathan, from his second album 3D - Determination, Dedication, Desire. The single was released on April 17, 2011 on digital download & CD Single...

    , 2011
  • "Diamond", a song by Misia from Mars & Roses
    Mars & Roses
    Mars & Roses is the fifth studio album by Japanese R&B singer Misia, released on February 11, 2004. It debuted at #3 with 151,087 copies sold. The album was recorded in London, New York and Tokyo. The song Little Rose, the title and theme of the album were inspired by Antoine de Saint Exupéry's The...

  • "Diamond", a song by Princess Princess
    Princess Princess (band)
    was a five-piece Japanese Rock/Pop girl band from 1983-1996. They were previously known as "Julian Mama" and "Akasaka Komachi" ....

  • Diamond, female rapper from the hip-hop group Crime Mob
    Crime Mob
    Crime Mob was a hip hop/crunk group consisting of six members, M.I.G., Cyco Black, Princess, Lil' Jay, Diamond, and Killa C....


Games

  • Diamonds (video game)
    Diamonds (video game)
    Diamonds is an arcade-style game released for the Macintosh in 1992 by Varcon Systems, Inc.-Gameplay:The goal of Diamonds is to achieve a high score while completing as many levels as possible before running out of lives, or ultimately to complete the last level of the game.During the game there is...

    , 1992 video game for the Macintosh
  • Diamond (Shugo Chara!), also known as Dia, a character from the manga series Shugo Chara!
  • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
    Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
    are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. With the enhanced remake Pokémon Platinum, the games comprise the fifth installment and fourth generation of the Pokémon series of RPGs...

    , a 2006 video game for the Nintendo DS

Film and television

  • Diamonds (film)
    Diamonds (film)
    Diamonds is a 1975 Israeli-American heist film. Robert Shaw stars in a dual role as twin brothers. Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey and Shelley Winters are co-stars...

    , 1975 movie with Robert Shaw and Shelley Winters
  • Diamonds (1999 film)
    Diamonds (1999 film)
    Diamonds is a 1999 comedy film directed by John Mallory Asher and written by Allan Aaron Katz. The film stars Kirk Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Jenny McCarthy, and Corbin Allred.-Plot:...

    , starring Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd
  • Diamonds (TV series)
    Diamonds (TV series)
    Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators...

    , Canadian television series that aired from 1987 to 1989
  • Diamonds (2009 miniseries), ABC television miniseries featuring James Purefoy
    James Purefoy
    James Brian Mark Purefoy is an English actor best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome.-Early life and work:...

     and Derek Jacobi
  • "Diamonds" (Charlie Jade), an episode of the television series Charlie Jade

Other uses

  • Baseball diamond, the field upon which the game of baseball is played
  • Diamond (comics)
    Diamond (comics)
    Diamond is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in the NEW-GEN comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Matonti, J.D. Matonti, and Julia Coppola, he first appeared in NEW-GEN #1 . He was a one of the children from the world of NEW-GEN granted extraordinary abilities by...

    , a fictional character in the NEW-GEN comic books published by Marvel Comics
  • Diamond (dog)
    Diamond (dog)
    Diamond was, according to legend, Sir Isaac Newton's favorite dog, which, by upsetting a candle, set fire to manuscripts containing his notes on experiments conducted over the course of twenty years...

    , a dog supposedly owned by Sir Isaac Newton
  • Diamond (grape), wine grape varietal grown in the Finger Lakes AVA
    Finger Lakes AVA
    The Finger Lakes AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Upstate New York, south of Lake Ontario. The Finger Lakes encompass eleven glacial lakes, but the area around Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, and Cayuga Lakes contain the vast majority of vineyard plantings in the AVA...

  • Diamond (ship)
    Diamond (ship)
    The Diamond was a three masted square rigger. She was one of the first ships to operate a regular service for passenger and cargo between Britain and the United States. She was built in New York in 1823 and was later alleged to be one of the first American ships to be built with a composite hull...

    , a three masted square rigger
  • Diamond crossing, crossing of two railroad tracks
  • Diamond cubic
    Diamond cubic
    The diamond cubic crystal structure is a repeating pattern of 8 atoms that certain materials may adopt as they solidify. While the first known example was diamond, other elements in group IV also adopt this structure, including tin, the semiconductors silicon and germanium, and silicon/germanium...

     crystal structure in materials science
  • Diamond interchange
    Diamond interchange
    A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road. The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge...

    , type of highway interchange
  • Diamond problem
    Diamond problem
    In object-oriented programming languages with multiple inheritance and knowledge organization, the diamond problem is an ambiguity that arises when two classes B and C inherit from A, and class D inherits from both B and C...

     in object-oriented programming
  • Diamonds, the Australia national netball team
    Australia national netball team
    The Australia national netball team, commonly known as the Australian Netball Diamonds, represent Australia in international netball tests and competitions. The team was formed in 1938 and played in the first international game of netball, against New Zealand...

  • Diamonds (ballet), third movement of George Balanchine's Jewels
  • Herkimer diamond
    Herkimer diamond
    Herkimer diamond is a generic name for a double-terminated quartz crystal discovered within exposed outcrops of dolostone in and around Herkimer County, New York and the Mohawk River Valley...

    , a double-terminated quartz crystal
  • HMS Diamond
    HMS Diamond
    Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Diamond., a 50-gun ship launched at Deptford in 1652 and captured by France in 1693., a fifth-rate 50 gun ship launched at Blackwall Yard in 1708 and rebuilt at Deptford Dockyard in 1722, sold in 1744., a fifth-rate launched at Limehouse in 1741...

    , ships of the Royal Navy
  • Tidal diamond
    Tidal diamond
    Tidal diamonds are symbols on British admiralty charts that indicate the direction and speed of tidal streams.The symbols consist of a letter of the Roman alphabet in a rhombus, printed in purple ink...

    , symbol on British admiralty charts

See also

  • The Diamond (disambiguation)
    The Diamond (disambiguation)
    The Diamond may refer to:*The Diamond , a department store in Charleston, West Virginia, USA*The Diamond , the town square in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in the north of Ireland...

  • Rough Diamond (disambiguation)
  • Diamant (disambiguation)
    Diamant (disambiguation)
    Diamant is another name for Diamond, but may also refer to:* Diamant, the first exclusively French expendable launch system.* Diamant Boart, a manufacturer and distributor of diamond tools....

  • Max Dimont
    Max Dimont
    Max I. Dimont was a Finnish American historian and author.- Biography :Born to a Jewish family in Helsinki, Finland, Dimont came to the United States in August 1929 with his mother and siblings - on the steerage passenger list of their ship, SS Berengaria, his place of birth is listed as Kovno,...

    , Finnish American historian and author
  • Dymond (disambiguation)
  • Diament (disambiguation)
  • Yahalom (disambiguation)
  • Almaz (disambiguation)
    Almaz (disambiguation)
    Almaz can refer to the following.*Almaz, a series of Soviet space stations launched in 1970s*NPO Almaz, a former Soviet military enterprise*Almaz-Antey, a Russian military enterprise...

  • Iamand, another name for polyiamond
    Polyiamond
    A polyiamond is a polyform whose base form is an equilateral triangle. The word polyiamond is a back-formation from diamond, because this word is often used to describe the shape of a pair of equilateral triangles placed base to base, and the initial "di-" looked like a Greek prefix meaning...

  • Rhombus
    Rhombus
    In Euclidean geometry, a rhombus or rhomb is a convex quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length. The rhombus is often called a diamond, after the diamonds suit in playing cards, or a lozenge, though the latter sometimes refers specifically to a rhombus with a 45° angle.Every...

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