7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gem \Gem\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gemming}]
1. To put forth in the form of buds. ``Gemmed their
blossoms.'' [R.] --Milton.
2. To adorn with gems or precious stones.
3. To embellish or adorn, as with gems; as, a foliage gemmed
with dewdrops.
England is . . . gemmed with castles and palaces.
--W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gem \Gem\, n. [OE. gemme precious stone, F. gemme, fr. L. gemma
a precious stone, bud.]
1. (Bot.) A bud.
From the joints of thy prolific stem A swelling knot
is raised called a gem. --Denham.
2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz,
sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and
polished for ornament; a jewel. --Milton.
3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits,
which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or
value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or
wise saying.
{Artificial gem}, an imitation of a gem, made of glass
colored with metallic oxide. Cf. {Paste}, and {Strass}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gem
n 1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had
jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: {gemstone},
{stone}]
2: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: {treasure}]
3: a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of
jewelry [syn: {jewel}]
4: a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan [syn: {muffin}]
5: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece
of jewelry [syn: {jewel}, {precious stone}]
[also: {gemming}, {gemmed}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gem, KS (city, FIPS 26050)
Location: 39.42577 N, 100.89681 W
Population (1990): 104 (47 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67734
Gem, WV
Zip code(s): 26335
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
GEM
<operating system> One of the first commercially available
{GUI}s. Borrowing heavily from the {Macintosh} {WIMP}-style
interface it was available for both the {IBM} compatible
market (being packaged with {Amstrad}'s original {PC} series)
and more successfully for the {Atari} ST range. The PC
version was produced by {Digital Research} (more famous for
{DR-DOS}, their {MS-DOS} clone), and was not developed very
far. The Atari version, however, continued to be developed
until the early 1990s and the later versions supported 24-bit
colour modes, full colour {icons} and a nice looking sculpted
3D interface.
(1997-01-10)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GEM
Generalized Executive for realtime Multiprocessor applications (OS)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
GEM
Graphics Environment Manager (DR, PC)