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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Soleos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Cute, but no. The definition of shining is not limited to emitting light.

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    • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Einstein was clearly no etymologist

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      • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can never remember the difference between etymology and entomology and I can’t put into words how much that bugs me.

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    • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well awktshualy…the definition says reflect, and while diamonds reflect internally, they refract light externally, so, the diamond is not bright because it reflects (those reflections are on the inside) they shine because they refract

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      • Soleos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well awktshualy, read the whole definition entry. Pendants are always so eager to ignore lay meanings.

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      • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But isn’t their shine mostly due to the internal reflection rather than external refraction? That’s why the gems are cut angularly, to help with the internal reflection.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alber knows that they actually do shine.

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    • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yet another way this is wrong: the primary cause of the adamantine lustre of diamonds is refraction. Any old hunk of metal can reflect light.

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      • stephen01king@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Isn’t it caused by internal reflection? That, by definition, is what happens when the light doesn’t refract out of the diamond.

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    • DoYouNot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Rhianna and Einstein both know something about black bodies.

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Albert knows that they actually do shine. In infrared

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  • TransSynthesist@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unless they’re a crazy diamond!

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  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If a post labeled, essentially, ‘idiot’, has two English mistakes in glurge written for a genius, is that irony?

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    • yesman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nothing is more on brand than a language pedant making grammar mistakes. What do you expect of person who thinks memorizing rules is the hallmark of intelligence?

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Like rain on your wedding day.

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      • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If that gets stuck in my head I’m gonna be so fucking mad.

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, “Shine bright like a 120w LED light bulb” doesn’t sounds good.

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The “shining” nature of diamonds is not due to their reflective properties, it’s due to how they refract.

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  • culpritus@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    picard

    Diamond also has a very high refractive index and a relatively high optical dispersion.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i mean, they reflect too, everything reflects, though we generally mean specular reflection but diamons have that too when they’re polished nicely.

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  • justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Everything shines, everything reflects…

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  • Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    boomer meme that i probably upvoted on facebook in 2012

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  • rainerloeten@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Didn’t SIA wrote it and allegedly in like 30 minutes or so?

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  • TastyWheat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Diamonds*

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  • IsoSpandy@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How about shine like a quasar

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  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shine on, you crazy diamond.

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