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diamonds [′dī·mənz] (fluid mechanics) The pattern of shock waves often visible in a rocket exhaust which resembles a series of diamond shapes placed end to end. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In his joy he did not notice at first the table where the diamonds lay. In a nest of orange velvet lay like three eggs, three white and vivid diamonds that seemed to set the very air on fire all round them. The Queen of Spades forgot the stain on her bodice, and stood beside the Queen of Diamonds and the new-married, staggering young woman--all with a gaze of fixity in the direction in which the horse's tramp was diminishing into silence on the road. |
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