Agata — meaning in English

English meaning

• agate noun A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
• Agatha name A feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, meaning "good."

Senses

Agata is used for these senses in English:

• Agatha A en given name.

agate — full definition

1. noun A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
2. noun The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.
3. noun One fourteenth of an inch.
4. noun A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.