Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An equilateral parallelogram.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as rhomb.
- n. [capitalized] An obsolete constellation, near the south pole.
- n. [NL.] In ichthyology: [capitalized] A genus of Stromateidæ, generally united with Stromateus.
- n. The Linnean specific name of the turbot (as Pleuronectcs rhombus), and later [capitalized] a generic name of the same (as Rhombus maximus), and of various other flatfishes now assigned to different genera.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as rhomb, 1.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
Etymologies
- From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhombos, "rhombus, spinning top"), from ῥέμβω (rhembo, "I turn around"). (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin, from Latin, flatfish, magician's circle, from Greek rhombos, rhombus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“My "specific" application I mentioned earlier is instructive for fans of anime and manga - as a member of the otaku-rhombus, that is, non-Japanese fans of anime creating works with roots in aforementioned anime, I view the art from my point of view, which is just as accurate as the native Japanese person's.”
“You just wanted a way to get the word "rhombus" into a post, right?”
“(To make the edges of the rhombuses match, the width of the rhombus should be a multiple of four pixels and the height should be one pixel less than ½ width.”
“Saw them at the local {shudder} Wal-Mart about a month ago. rhombus Says:”
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“What a terribly ugly car, it may be environmentally friendly but what ever happened to aesthetics?! rhombus Says:”
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“Shovel the deluged, spurting, shoveling, rhombus fields with all that you can pick from the laden streets of the land and make your house there in the land if you like.”
“With a very sharp knife, make a long slash in the middle of each rhombus.”
“I may be interested in a stud encrusted leather rhombus.”
“By Abigail, November 29, 2009 @ 10:01 pm kind of an elliptical circular rhombus, really.”
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“¬ † Maybe they should have used a rhombus instead.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rhombus’.
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What the H?
Words that I could probably spell correctly without having to look them up every single damn time were it not for an apparently extraneous and randomly placed h.
jodhpur, diarrhea, ankh, myrrh, hemorrhoids, baghdad, rhombus, rhythm, hemorrhage, sheikh, catarrh, maharajah and 21 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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wakcy's Words
apocalypse, interlude, drome, absolution, atrocity, ruse, pristine, mason, reparable, deteriorate, pyramid, hipster and 283 more...
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ffwordes
Words gleaned from the works of Jasper Fforde.
the big over easy, nursery crime div..., mary mary, dci friedland chymes, amazing crime sto..., the mystery of th..., the poisoned shoe, the sign of three..., inspector moose, detective inspect..., clear-up rate, sleuth illustrated and 796 more...
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summerwing's Words
proctosigmoidoscopy, horrendous, cichlid, implode, nostalgic, firmament, elucidate, quintet, rhombus, mack, pithy, rambunctious and 304 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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cloudjuice's Words
schadenfreude, sordid, promulgate, erratic, erroneous, amalgamate, sesquipedalian, incongruous, psychosis, etymology, simulacrum, serendipity and 988 more...
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Mathaphors √
Concepts o' dem numblurs; polysemy mathematicalia.
integer, factor, ∮, geometric, exponential, equation, aboutequals, variable, obtuse, triangle, angle, circle and 92 more...
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the Island of the Day Before
phoebus, promontory, succor, indite, sickle, cerulean, tenebrous, specter, bastion, clemency, miasma, nocturlabe and 112 more...
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essigurken's Words
transubstantiation, pungent, omnipotent, craven, 'tis, saucy, entwine, inextricably, consummation, conglomeration, sepulchre, addendum and 264 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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Fun
harangue, quixotic, persnickety, lachrymose, kerfuffle, zephyr, chthonic, vixen, fiend, scoundrel, cricket, belfry and 193 more...
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miss's list
inexorable, ripe, languid, fervor, polyandry, zygote, rhombus, binary, eunoia
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Just 'cause I like 'em, R
retinol, rectory, rhubarb, rancor, recension, rood, redivivus, roborate, redound, ripsnorting, ragtag, recruit and 250 more...
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Turning and Twisting Tours
words in the nature of double spirals
swift, swerve, swirl, swivel, swarm, swag, swank, swoop, swinge, swarf, spire, esparto and 361 more...
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noele's list
vertiginous, verdant, mellifluous, serpentine, verdigris, traject, amaranthine, luminous, phosphorescent, temerous, cerulean, shapeshifter and 531 more...
Tweets
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