Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A greenish chrysoberyl that appears red in artificial light, used as a gemstone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of chrysoberyl found in the mica slate of the Ural mountains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A form of
chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strongpleochroism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This mineral furnishes us the gem, alexandrite, which is notable for its power to change in color from green in daylight to red in artificial light.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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An alexandrite laser is another red light laser, but it was a bit more efficient.
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The next advancement in laser hair removal came in the form of an alexandrite laser.
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Lasers work with a monochromatic wavelength of light generated by liquid dye, crystals (like ruby or alexandrite), metal (a semiconductor like a diode), or gases (like CO2).
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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For hair removal, I usually work with an alexandrite laser (which uses crystal to generate its laser light) or a diode (a super-conductor).
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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For hair removal, I usually work with an alexandrite laser (which uses crystal to generate its laser light) or a diode (a super-conductor).
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Lasers work with a monochromatic wavelength of light generated by liquid dye, crystals (like ruby or alexandrite), metal (a semiconductor like a diode), or gases (like CO2).
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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But then Henry found an alexandrite ring for me, and my magpie tendencies took over.
…is there something i’m missing? « Love | Peace | Ohana 2007
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For hair removal, I usually work with an alexandrite laser (which uses crystal to generate its laser light) or a diode (a super-conductor).
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Lasers work with a monochromatic wavelength of light generated by liquid dye, crystals (like ruby or alexandrite), metal (a semiconductor like a diode), or gases (like CO2).
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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