Sapphire in a sentence as a noun

You think 4 gigs of ram, sapphire display and 128gb ssd are going to be the norm in 2014?

"Me: "Well, what do you like about the diamond that the sapphire doesn't give you?

On the other hand high-end wrist watches have been using sapphire crystal faces for over 30 years, so there's probably something in it. I have one - my watch still looks perfect 8 years since I got it.

I really would rather buy you something that at least has some more value associated with it, like a sapphire.

See page 8 of the review:Touch ID is a capacitive fingerprint sensor embedded behind a sapphire crystal cover.

Sapphire in a sentence as an adjective

If the water stays put in a semi-uniform droplet, regardless of the motion and angle, it's probably sapphire.

For comparison's sake, Apple's ad budget in 2012 was $1 billion [0], so they just purchased almost 60% of their own advertisement budget in just sapphire.

And even if the software sucks, it's got a screen made of synthetic sapphire and a body made of an alloy so hard that when civilization collapses around you, you can use it as a hand-axe!

Interestingly, if you want to know whether something you own is sapphire glass, you can usually conduct a simple experiment:Drop some water onto the glass face, and jostle the item around a bit.

Just thinking about this, there were probably 100s of innovations just to mine and purify and machine sapphire in past 100s of years so that in 2000s we can finally produce acceptable quality tiny camera lens.

Sapphire definitions

noun

a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

noun

a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

noun

a light shade of blue

See also: azure cerulean lazuline sky-blue

adjective

of something having the color of a blue sapphire; "sapphire eyes"