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adamant (enc)
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Adamant| Noun | 1. | adamant - very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gematomic number 6, carbon, C - an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds transparent gem - a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion | | | Adj. | 1. | adamant - not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy"inflexible - extended meanings; incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" | |
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