AGATE


Meaning of AGATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-gət ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs

Date: 1570

1. : a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged in stripes, blended in clouds, or showing mosslike forms

2. : something made of or fitted with agate: as

a. : a drawplate used by gold-wire drawers

b. : a playing marble of agate

3.

a. : a size of type approximately 5 1/2 point

b. : condensed information (as advertisements or box scores) set especially in agate type

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