cubic zirconia

[ zur-koh-nee-uh ]

/ zɜrˈkoʊ ni ə /

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noun, plural cu·bic zir·co·ni·as.

an artificial crystal resembling a diamond in refraction, dispersion, hardness, and color, used in jewelry. Abbreviation: CZ

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Sometimes cu·bic zir·co·ni·um

[zur-koh-nee-uhm]. /zɜrˈkoʊ ni əm/.

Words nearby cubic zirconia

cubic, cubical, cubicle, cubic measure, cubiculum, cubic zirconia, cubiform, cubism, cubit, cubital, cubital furrow

How to use cubic zirconia in a sentence

The concentration of PM2.5, the smallest particulate matter, is at 153 micrograms per cubic meter.
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Each year their fields need at least 53 billion cubic meters of water for irrigation.
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The conflict in Ukraine caused Gazprom to cut production volumes from 496.4 billion cubic meters to 463 billion cubic meters.
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The daughter had also been exposed and was comatose before she and her mother each received A 250 cubic centimeter transfusion.
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She grew increasingly ill despite a 450 cubic centimeter transfusion and became comatose after five days.
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The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Clodd tells us that one cubic inch of rotten stone contains 41 thousand million vegetable skeletons of diatoms.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The normal number of leukocytes varies from 5000 to 10,000 per cubic millimeter of blood.
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An immense bag of linen lined with paper, and containing 23,000 cubic feet, was provided for the occasion.
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Places on the Alaskan coast, laid bare at high tide, are said to have yielded as much as $12,000 per cubic yard.
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