1. ruby - Noun
2. ruby - Adjective
3. ruby - Verb
4. ruby - Adjective Satellite
5. Ruby - Proper noun
A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
See Agate, n., 2.
Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
To make red; to redden.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for everyone. I tried to make Ruby perfect for me, but maybe it's not perfect for you. The perfect language for Guido van Rossum is probably Python. Yukihiro Matsumoto
[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby. Larry Wall
Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book. Helen Dunmore
From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer. Yukihiro Matsumoto
In the shop of the sightless jeweller, the ruby and pebble are one. Afghan Proverb
A genuine ruby wont sink and disappear in mud. Myanmar Proverb