Gemma or GEMMA may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Gemma (given name) Gemma is an Italian female name, of Latin origin, meaning "gem" or "precious stone". The name has been amongst the most popular in England and Scotland during the 1980s. People with the given name Female * Gemma Arterton (born 1986), English act ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *

Gemma (surname) Gemma is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alfred A. Gemma (born 1939), American politician * Andrea Gemma (1931–2019), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *Chiara Maria Gemma (born 1968), Italian politician * Cornelius Gemma (1535–1 ...

, including a list of people with the name

Science and technology

Biology

Gemma (botany) A gemma (English plural ''gemmas'', Latin plural ''gemmae'') is a single cell, or a mass of cells, or a modified bud of tissue, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual. This type of asexual reproduction is referred to as ...

, an asexual reproductive structure in plants and fungi * Gemma, a monotypic genus of the

Veneridae The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus (mythology), Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and m ...

family of saltwater clams ** ''

Gemma gemma The amethyst gem clam (''Gemma gemma'') is species of very small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. It is a small species, reaching a length of only 5 mm. The shell color is whitish or grayis ...

'', the type species * Gemma, a bud-like appendage in ants of the ''

Diacamma ''Diacamma'' is a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae. It is distributed from India to Australia and contains about 24 species. Biology A queen caste does not exist in ''Diacamma''. Unique to this genus, all workers emer ...

'' genus

Other sciences and technology

Walter Gemma The Walter Gemma was a Czechoslovakian nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aero engine that was developed and manufactured in the early 1930s by Walter Aircraft Engines Walter Aircraft Engines is an aircraft engine manufacturer and former aut ...

, a radial aero engine manufactured by Walter Aircraft Engines in the early 1930 *

Gas phase electrophoretic molecular mobility analysis Gas is a state of matter that has neither a fixed volume nor a fixed shape and is a compressible fluid. A ''pure gas'' is made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon) or molecules of either a single type of atom ( elements such as ...

(GEMMA), a chemical analysis technique *

Gemma (language model) Gemini is a family of multimodal large language models (LLMs) developed by Google DeepMind, and the successor to LaMDA and PaLM 2. Comprising Gemini Ultra, Gemini Pro, Gemini Flash, and Gemini Nano, it was announced on December 6, 2023, pos ...

, family of models developed by Google *

Alpha Coronae Borealis Alpha Coronae Borealis (α Coronae Borealis, abbreviated Alpha CrB, α CrB), officially named Alphecca , is an eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Corona Borealis. It is located about 75 light years from the Sun and contains t ...

or Gemma, a binary star * Gemma, an

Adafruit Industries Adafruit Industries is an open-source hardware company based in New York City, New York, United States. It was founded by Limor Fried in 2005. The company designs, manufactures and sells Electronic Products, electronics products, electronics comp ...

Arduino-compatible microcontroller

Ships

* Italian submarine ''Gemma'' * MV ''Gemma'', a Dutch coastal tanker lost in 1951 * SS ''Gemma'', a German cargo ship in service during 1928

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