RUBY

Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language. It was designed and developed in the mid-1990s by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto in Japan.

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ruby

Noun

  1. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
  2. A deep red colour.
  3. Type having a height of 5.5 points.
  4. A , a South American hummingbird, .
  5. A red bird-of-paradise, .
  6. agate (a size of type)

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" align="center" |+caption | The Japanese ruby characters (furigana) for Tokyo ("") |- ! hiragana ! katakana ! romaji |- | {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" | とう | style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" | きょう |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" | 東 | style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" | 京 |} | {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" | トウ | style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" lang="ja" | キョウ |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" | 東 | style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" | 京 |} | {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" |- |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" | to | style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%" | kyo |- | style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" | 東 | style="text-align: center; font-size: 200%" lang="ja" | 京 |} |}

Verb

  1. To make red; to redden.

Adjective

  1. Of a deep red colour.


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