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  • 11Diamond enhancement — Diamond enhancements are specific treatments, performed on natural diamonds (usually those already cut and polished into gems), which are designed to improve the gemological characteristics and therefore the value of the stone in one or more ways …

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  • 12film — /fɪlm / (say film) noun 1. a thin layer or coating. 2. a thin sheet of any material. 3. Photography a. the sensitive coating, as of gelatine and silver bromide, on a photographic plate. b. a strip or roll of cellulose nitrate or cellulose acetate …

  • 13film — filmlike, adj. /film/, n. 1. a thin layer or coating: a film of grease on a plate. 2. a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice. 3. a thin skin or membrane. 4. a delicate web of filaments or fine threads. 5. a thin haze, blur, or mist. 6.… …

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  • 14pellicle — 1. Literally and nonspecifically, a thin skin. 2. A film or scum on the surface of a liquid. 3. Cell boundary of sporozoites and merozoites among members of the protozoan subphylum Apicomplexa (Sporozoa), consisting of an outer unit m …

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  • 15film — O.E. filmen membrane, thin skin, from W.Gmc. *filminjan (Cf. O.Fris. filmene skin, O.E. fell hide ), extended from P.Gmc. *fello(m) animal hide, from PIE *pel skin, hide (Cf. Gk. pella, L. pellis skin ). Sense of …

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  • 16Da-Wen Sun — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun. 孙大文 Da Wen Sun Da Wen Sun Born Chaozhou, China Occupation …

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  • 17Cubic zirconia — A round brilliant cut cubic zirconia Cubic zirconia (or CZ) is the cubic crystalline form of zirconium dioxide (ZrO2). The synthesized material is hard, optically flawless and usually colorless, but may be made in a variety of different colors.… …

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  • 18film — 1. A thin sheet of flexible material coated with a light sensitive or x ray–sensitive substance used in taking photographs or radiographs. 2. A thin layer or coating. 3. A radiograph (colloq.). absorbable gelatin f. a sterile, nonantigenic,… …

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  • 19film — [[t]fɪlm[/t]] n. 1) a thin layer or coating 2) a thin sheet of any material: a film of ice[/ex] 3) a thin skin or membrane 4) a delicate web of filaments or fine threads 5) a thin haze, blur, or mist 6) mot pht a cellulose nitrate or cellulose… …

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  • 20film — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English filme, from Old English filmen; akin to Greek pelma sole of the foot, Old English fell skin more at fell Date: before 12th century 1. a. a thin skin or membranous covering ; pellicle b.… …

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