rhomboid

American  

[rom-boid] / ˈrɒm bɔɪd /

noun

1. an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.

2. Anatomy. rhomboideus.

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adjective

1. Also rhomboidal. having a form like or similar to that of a rhombus; shaped like a rhomboid.

rhomboid British  

/ ˈrɒmbɔɪd /

noun

1. a parallelogram having adjacent sides of unequal length

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adjective

1. having such a shape

rhomboid Scientific  

/ rŏm′boid′ /

1. A parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides.

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Other Word Forms

• rhomboidally
  adverb
• subrhomboid
  adjective
• subrhomboidal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of rhomboid

1560–70; < Late Latin rhomboīdes < Greek rhomboeidḕs ( schêma ) rhomboid (form, shape). See rhombus, -oid

Example Sentences

I just remember he described it as Rhomboid in shape—cut, I fancy, out of church-plate in troubled times.

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

Rhomboid Puzzle.— e p o d e o p e r a e a r l y n o t e d r o s e s Double Cross-word Acrostic.—Steam,

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes

Facing him in the album, and most appropriately contrasted, was the portrait of a young master—the embodiment of all that Mr. Rhomboid most heartily loathed.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

I was told to go for my mathematical lesson to Mr. Rhomboid, who tenanted a room in the Old School.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine

I enter, and the Third Form suspend their Phaedrus, "Please, sir, are you Mr. Rhomboid?"

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine