Beryl vs False - What's the difference?
beryl | false |
(uncountable, mineral) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone.
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, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
(countable) An example (a stone) of the mineral beryl.
(uncountable) A dull blueish green colour.
Of a dull blueish green colour.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun beryl
is beryl.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.beryl
English
Noun
citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl , chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.}}
- The crown was set with six beryls of excellent size and color.
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* beryllium * beryllium oxide * chrysoberylSee also
* * aquamarine * emerald * heliodor * Madagascar aquamarine * morganite ----false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
