Definition of industrial diamond in US English:
industrial diamond
nouninˈdəstrēəl ˈdī(ə)mənd
A small diamond, not of gem quality, used in abrasives and in cutting and drilling tools.
Example sentencesExamples
- Basic customs duty on platinum and non industrial diamonds was reduced from 40% to 25%.
- Katanga produced copper, 60% of the world's uranium and 80% of the world's industrial diamonds.
- Explosives carefully applied to carbon produce industrial diamonds for as cutting, grinding and polishing tools.
- The company admitted conspiring to fix prices in the $500 million industrial diamond market in 1991 and 1992.
- What they can do is lower the price of industrial diamonds (small, poor quality diamonds).