石 — meaning in English
dàn
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English meaning
- calculus noun A branch of mathematics dealing with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities.
- flint noun A hard, fine-grained rock that produces sparks when struck against steel.
- jewel noun A precious stone, especially one cut and polished for use in jewellery.
- stone noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.
Senses
石 is used for these senses in English:
- Stone (countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
- calculus (countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
- crack cocaine A mixture of baking soda and cocaine in solid form that is smoked in a pipe as a narcotic.
- flint A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
- jewel (horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
- kidney stone (medicine) A calculus in the kidney.
- leave no stone unturned (idiom) To search or investigate thoroughly.
- stone (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
calculus — full definition
- noun A branch of mathematics dealing with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities.
- noun A hard mineral deposit that forms in the body, such as on teeth or in an organ.
flint — full definition
- noun A hard, fine-grained rock that produces sparks when struck against steel.
- noun A small piece of hard material used in a lighter to create a spark.