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Diamond is the hardest known natural material, and nearly the hardest known material (see Diamond#Materials harder than diamond).
Some of these meanings refer to the hard mineral, and some to the ◊ shape familiar from the diamonds suit in playing cards.
Diamond may also refer to:
- Alt Codes, ♦, The character/symbol formed by using the Alt key in conjunction with the Number Pad (Alt+num4)
- Diamond (gemstone), gemstone
- Lozenge, ◊, form of rhombus and symbols with that shape; also see polyiamond
- Baseball field or baseball diamond, the field upon which the game of baseball is played
- Diamonds (suit), one of four suits in playing cards
- Diamond crossing, crossing of two railroad tracks
- Diamond interchange, type of highway interchange
- Diamondsuit, combinatorial principle in set theory
- Tidal diamond, symbol on British admiralty charts
- HMS Diamond, ships of the Royal Navy
- M/S Sea Diamond, cruise ship which sank on April 6, 2007 near Santorini
- Diamond cubic crystal structure in materials science
- Diamond (dog), a dog supposedly owned by Sir Isaac Newton
- HTC Touch Diamond, Mobile Phone
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[edit] Music and dance
- Diamond (certification, or record), music recording sales certification in many countries, especially the United States (see RIAA certification)
- The Diamonds, Canadian singing group of the 1950s and '60s
- Diamond (album), 1982 album by Spandau Ballet
- Diamond Rio, American country music band
- Diamonds (Jerry Lordan song), UK #1 single by Jet Harris and Tony Meehan
- Diamonds (Herb Alpert song), 1987 song
- Diamonds (Fabolous song), first single from rapper Fabolous' 2007 album From Nothin' to Somethin'
- Diamonds (ダイアモンド), a song by Princess Princess
- "The Diamond Sea", first single from Sonic Youth's 1995 album Washing Machine
- Diamonds (ballet), third movement of George Balanchine's Jewels, often performed by itself
- Diamond Girl (song), from American R&B singer-songwriter Ryan Leslie's single from his self-titled debut album
- Diamond, a single by Bump of Chicken
- Diamond, female rapper from the hip-hop group Crime Mob
- Diamond D, rapper and producer from the hip-hop supergroup Diggin' in the Crates
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[edit] People
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- Alexander Diamond (born 1985), Scottish professional footballer
- Amy Diamond (born 1992), Swedish pop singer
- Anne Diamond (born 1954), British television presenter
- Barry Diamond (American comedian), American comedian
- Benjamin Diamond (born 1975), French singer
- Bernard L. Diamond (1912-1990), American Professor of law and psychiatry
- Cora Diamond, US-born philosopher
- David Diamond (composer) (1915–2005), American composer
- Debi Diamond (born 1962)
- Dustin Diamond (born 1977), American actor
- Gregg Diamond (1949-1999), American musician
- I. A. L. Diamond (1920-1988), Romanian-born American film writer
- Jack Diamond (architect)
- Jack Diamond (Canadian businessman) (1909-2001), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- Jack Diamond (gangster) (1897-1931), Irish-American gangster
- Jackie Diamond Hyman (born 1949), American author, reporter and columnist
- Jared Diamond (born 1937), American biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and author
- Jim Diamond (music producer), American studio engineer, producer and bass player
- Jim Diamond (Scottish musician) (born 1951), British rock musician
- Jody Diamond, American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator
- John Diamond (journalist) (1953-2001), British Jewish broadcaster and journalist
- John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1907-2004), British politician
- King Diamond (born 1956), Danish heavy metal musician
- Larry Diamond, political scientist
- Lou Diamond (1890–1951), US Marine
- Lou Diamond Philips (born 1962), actor
- Michael Diamond (musician) (born 1965), American musician, member of the Beastie Boys
- Michael Diamond (sport shooter) (born 1972), Australian professional target shooter
- Milton Diamond (born 1934), American professor of anatomy and reproductive biology
- Neil Diamond (born 1941), American singer/songwriter
- Reed Diamond (born 1967), American actor
- Robert Diamond (born 1951), London-based American banker
- Selma Diamond (1920-1985), Canadian-born comedic actress and TV writer
- Simon-Pierre Diamond (born 1985), Canadian politician
- Stanley Diamond, American anthropologist
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[edit] Places
- Diamond, California, in Contra Costa County
- Diamond, California, former name of Diamond Springs, California
- Diamond, Illinois, in the United States
- Diamond Harbour, suburb of Kolkata, India
- Diamond Harbour, New Zealand, village in Canterbury, New Zealand
- Diamond Island (disambiguation)
- Diamond Rock, small Caribbean island
- The Diamond (Longs Peak), cliff on Longs Peak
[edit] Computing
- In object-oriented programming, the diamond problem refers to an ambiguity in a particular scenario of multiple inheritance where the class diagram has the shape of a diamond (or lozenge)
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