- Gemma
Gemma may refer to one of several things;
Physical and life sciences
* A traditional name for the star
Alpha Coronae Borealis .
* A gemma, an asexual reproductive structure in plants and fungi.
* A genus of clam ("Gemma") in the familyVeneridae ; seeamethyst gem clam .
* Gas phase Electrophoretic Mobility Molecular Analysis (GEMMA), which produces a beam of multiply charged ions by electrospray ionization and transforms them into singly charged ions or neutral particles, separates these particles according to electrophoretic mobility, and records the particle count at each EM.
* [http://bioinformatics.ubc.ca/Gemma/ Gemma] is a database and software system for the meta-analysis of gene expression dataThe given name or surname of famous men
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*Gemma Frisius (1508 –1555 ), aFrisia n mathematician, cartographer and instrument maker.
*Giuliano Gemma (1938 –), an Italian actor, also known from severalSpaghetti Westerns asMontgomery Wood .The given name of famous women
Gemma is a female given name, of Italian origin, relatively popular in
Spain , Italy and theUnited Kingdom .*
Gemma Arterton , an English actress
*Gemma Atkinson , an English actress and model
*Gemma Beadsworth , an Australian water polo player
*Gemma Bond , American Ballet Theatre dancer and from first soloist at the Royal Ballet, London
*Gemma Craven , an Irish actress
* SaintGemma Galgani , a young Italian woman who showed signs ofstigmata in the late 1800s/very early 1900s, known as the first lay saint of thePassionists
*Gemma Hayes , Irish singer-songwriter
*Gemma Jones , English actress
*Gemma Ward , an Australian supermodelThe name of fictional characters and titles
* The name of one of the characters in the children's Hospital Radio series "
The Space Gypsy Adventures ", narrated byJohn Leeson .
* Gemma of Syr, Princess of Ossetia, is a fictional character inMelanie Rawn 's "Dragon Prince" series.
*Gemma Doyle , heroine ofLibba Bray 's novels "A Great and Terrible Beauty ", "Rebel Angels", and "The Sweet Far Thing ".
* Gemma, (gemmers19), a fictional girl in theLonelygirl15 universe.
*Gemma, first series of theSky One UK supernaturalTelevision series "Hex"
* "Gemma (ballet) " with libretto by Théophile Gautier (1851)Works of fiction
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Losing Gemma ", a2006 UK television drama based on a novel byKaty Gardner .See also
* Jemma__NOTOC__
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