 10 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gem
noun
1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had
jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gemstone},
{stone}]
2: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: {treasure}]
3: a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of
jewelry [syn: {jewel}]
4: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn: {muffin}]
5: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece
of jewelry [syn: {jewel}, {precious stone}]
[also: {gemming}, {gemmed}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gem \Gem\ verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Gemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gemming}]
1. To put forth in the form of buds. ''Gemmed their
blossoms.'' [R.] --Milton.
2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed
with dewdrops.
England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.
--W. Irving.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gem \Gem\, noun [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma
a precious stone, bud.]
1. (Bot.) A bud.
From the joints of thy prolific stem
A swelling knot is raised called a gem. --Denham.
2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz,
sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and
polished for ornament; a jewel. --Milton.
3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits,
which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or
value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or
wise saying.
{Artificial gem}, an imitation of a gem, made of glass
colored with metallic oxide. Cf. {Paste}, and {Strass}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "gem":
Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll,
Yorkshire pudding, acceptable person, anklet, armlet, bagel,
bangle, bead, beads, bejewel, beribbon, beset, bespangle, bialy,
bialystoker, bijou, boast, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, bun,
capital fellow, catch, chain, chaplet, charm, chatelaine, circle,
clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, coronet, cream, crescent roll,
croissant, cross bun, crown, crumpet, crystal, diadem, diamond,
earring, elite, engrave, feather, figure, filigree, find, flag,
flounce, flower, fob, garland, gem stone, gentleman, godsend,
good fellow, good lot, good man, good person, good sort,
good thing, good woman, hard roll, honest man, hot cross bun,
ideal, illuminate, jewel, kaiser roll, lady, locket, marvel,
masterpiece, mensch, muffin, necklace, nonpareil, nose ring,
onion roll, paint, pearl, perfect gentleman, perfect lady,
persona grata, pick, pin, pinwheel roll, plum, plume, popover,
precious stone, pride, pride and joy, prince, prize, quintessence,
real man, rhinestone, ribbon, right sort, ring, roll,
rough diamond, scone, semiprecious stone, soft roll, spangle,
stickpin, stone, tiara, tinsel, torque, treasure, trophy,
trouvaille, wampum, windfall, winner, worthy, wreathe, wristband,
wristlet
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
GEM
One of the first commercially available
{GUI}s. Borrowing heavily from the {Macintosh} {WIMP}-style
interface it was available for both the {IBM} compatible
market (being packaged with {Amstrad}'s original {PC} series)
and more successfully for the {Atari} ST range. The PC
version was produced by {Digital Research} (more famous for
{DR-DOS}, their {MS-DOS} clone), and was not developed very
far. The Atari version, however, continued to be developed
until the early 1990s and the later versions supported 24-bit
colour modes, full colour {icons} and a nice looking sculpted
3D interface.
(1997-01-10)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gem, KS (city, FIPS 26050)
Location: 39.42577 N, 100.89681 W
Population (1990): 104 (47 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67734
Gem, WV
Zip code(s): 26335
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Gem, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 96
Housing Units (2000): 47
Land area (2000): 0.325551 sq. miles (0.843174 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.325551 sq. miles (0.843174 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26050
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.425730 N, 100.896294 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67734
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gem, KS
Gem
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Gem -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 15181
Housing Units (2000): 5888
Land area (2000): 562.576688 sq. miles (1457.066871 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.169897 sq. miles (8.209994 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 565.746585 sq. miles (1465.276865 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 43.969570 N, 116.451291 W
Headwords:
Gem
Gem, ID
Gem County
Gem County, ID
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GEM
Generalized Executive for realtime Multiprocessor applications (OS)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GEM
Graphics Environment Manager (DR, PC)
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