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| 1. | a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles. |
| 2. | the yellowish-brown color of resin. |
| 3. | of the color of amber; yellowish-brown: amber fields of grain. |
| 4. | made of amber: amber earrings. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME ambre < OF < ML ambra < Ar ʿanbar ambergris; confusion of the dissimilar substances perh. because both were rare, valuable, and found on seacoasts]
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am·ber·like, am·ber·y, am·ber·ous, adjective
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[Middle English ambre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ambra, ambar, from Arabic 'anbar, ambergris, amber.] |
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1365, "ambergris," from O.Fr. ambre, from M.L. ambar, from Arabic 'anbar "amber," a word brought home to Europe by the Crusaders. The sense was extended to fossil resin c.1400, which has become the main sense as the use of ambergris has waned. This was formerly known as white or yellow amber. In Fr., they are distinguished as ambre gris and amber jaune. Cf. also electric.
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| amber | |
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| 1. | of a medium to dark brownish yellow color |
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| 1. | a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair" |
| 2. | a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
amber [ˈӕmbə] noun, adjective
(of) a hard yellow or brownish substance, formed from resin, used in making jewellery etc
Example: made of amber; an amber brooch
Example: made of amber; an amber brooch
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(click for larger image in new window) A hard, translucent, brownish-yellow substance that is the fossilized resin of ancient trees. It often contains fossil insects. Our Living Language : Certain trees, especially conifers, produce a sticky substance called resin to protect themselves against insects. Normally, it decays in oxygen through the action of bacteria. However, if the resin happens to fall into wet mud or sand containing little oxygen, it can harden and eventually fossilize, becoming the yellowish, translucent substance known as amber. If any insects or other organisms are trapped in the resin before it hardens, they can be preserved, often in exquisite detail. By studying these preserved organisms, scientists are able learn key facts about life on Earth millions of years ago. |
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Amber language
1. A functional programming language which adds CSP-like concurrency, multiple inheritance and persistence to ML and generalises its type system. It is similar to Galileo. Programs must be written in two type faces, roman and italics! It has both static types and dynamic types.
There is an implementation for Macintosh.
["Amber", L. Cardelli, TR Bell Labs, 1984].
2. An object-oriented distributed language based on a subset of C++, developed at Washington University in the late 1980s.
(1994-12-08)
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Zip code(s): 73004
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Amber
Am"ber\, n. [OE. aumbre, F. ambre, Sp. ['a]mbar, and with the Ar. article, al['a]mbar, fr. Ar. 'anbar ambergris.]1. (Min.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric. 2. Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky. 3. Ambergris. [Obs.] You that smell of amber at my charge. --Beau. & Fl. 4. The balsam, liquidambar. Black amber, and old and popular name for jet.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Amber
Am"ber\, a. 1. Consisting of amber; made of amber. "Amber bracelets." --Shak. 2. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. "The amber morn." --Tennyson.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Amber
Am"ber\, v. t. [p. p. & p. a. Ambered .]1. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine. 2. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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