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The fourth system, the rhombic -- or orthorhombic, or prismatic, or trimetric -- has, like the tetragonal, three axes; but in this case, none of them are equal, though the two lateral axes are at right angles to each other, and to the vertical axis, which may vary in length, more so even than the other two.

—The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones

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adjective Shaped like a rhombus.
adjective Orthorhombic.

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Then there's the traveling-wave antennas: rhombic, slotted waveguides, spirals, helices, slow wave, fast wave, leaky wave. — F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 03 - March 1994
The transformation of two stellated rhombic dodecahedrons from a cube. www.youtube.com goopop on Jan 01 4: 00AM — VideoBomb Front Page Videos
According to the description, the Yoshimoto Cube transforms into two stellated rhombic dodecahedrons. — OCAU News
The D-band EPR spectrum of the radical exhibits a rhombic g tensor with dual gx values (2.00550 and 2.00606) and unique gy (2.00344) and gz values (2.00186) similar to but not typical of native tyrosyl radicals. — Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue
A rhombic dodecahedron has the same symmetries as a cube, and this spot corresponds to the corner of a cube. — Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews