WordNet
n. small crystals of ice [syn: ice crystal, snow mist, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist]
Wikipedia
Diamond dust is a ground-level cloud composed of tiny ice crystals. This meteorological phenomenon is also referred to simply as ice crystals and is reported in the METAR code as IC. Diamond dust generally forms under otherwise clear or nearly clear skies, so it is sometimes referred to as clear-sky precipitation. It is most commonly observed in Antarctica and the Arctic, but it can occur anywhere with a temperature well below freezing. In polar regions diamond dust may continue for several days without interruption.
Diamond dust may refer to:
- Diamond dust, a meteorological phenomenon also known as ice crystals
- Diamond dust, used as an abrasive
- Diamond dust, a variety of glass glitter
- Diamond Dust and Other Stories, a 2000 short story collection by Anita Desai
- Diamond Dust, a 2002 mystery by Peter Lovesey
- Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories, a 1996 short story collection by Rosario Ferre
- "Diamond Dust", a song on the 1975 Jeff Beck album Blow by Blow
- "Diamond Dust", a song from the Rabbit In The Moon album Decade
- Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion, the second animated film adaptation of the anime and manga series Bleach
- "Diamond Dust", a recurring ice-elemental attack in the Final Fantasy video game series
- "Diamond Dust", a special technique executed by character Cygnus Hyōga from the Saint Seiya manga and anime series
- "Diamond Dust", the codename of a nuclear test conducted as part of Operation Mandrel and Project Vela Uniform
- "Diamond Dust", a wrestling maneuver innovated by Masato Tanaka
- "Baseball Diamond Dust", also known as brick dust, a mixture which absorbs water readily and is used to dry baseball infields
- "Diamond Dust Zone", the fourth level of the video game Sonic 3D
Usage examples of "diamond dust".
There was a glittering swirl of diamond dust, almost like forams, but all smudged out.
Those men may capture us, and decide to make diamond dust from us.
When the sun came up it would bring another day of heat, and the dry, swirling winds would send the diamond dust along in low-flying clouds.
And he fell on his knees, dragging Manfred down with him, and side by side they knelt before the anvil as though it were an altar and the white diamond dust coated their knees as they prayed.
Fassin turned some lights on to check round the place, finding nothing intact, nothing beyond empty shelves and ragged lengths of carbon board, diamond dust like frosted ice and frayed fibres, waving in the turbulence of his passing.
The trench vibrated with nervous motion, and the breath of human beings whirled through the air like diamond dust.