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[–] Soleos 71 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] Soleos 2 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can only observe the external properties since you are on the outside

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By that logic, glass mirrors also work by refraction, because it refracts out of the glass before it reaches your eye.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The silver reflects tho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

And so does the internal surface of a diamond.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Einstein was clearly no etymologist

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

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