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rhombus
[ rom-buhs ]
noun
, plural rhom·bus·es, rhom·bi [rom, -bahy].
- an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
- an equilateral parallelogram, including the square as a special case.
- a rhombohedron.
rhombus
/ ˈrɒmbəs /
rhombus
/ rŏm′bəs /
, Plural rhombuses rŏm′bī
- A parallelogram with four equal sides; an equilateral parallelogram.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rhombus1
First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin, from Greek rhómbos “anything that may be spun around,” derivative of rhémbein “to revolve”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rhombus1
C16: from Greek rhombos something that spins; related to rhembein to whirl
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Example Sentences
Three forms of the rhombus have come under my own observation, each and all apparently connected in symbolism with the lightning.
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The Apache name for the rhombus is tzi-ditindi, the "sounding wood."
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Like the rhombus, they are decorated with incised lines representing the lightning.
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They are in fact the duplicates, on a small scale, of the rhombus, already described.
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The triangles of the rhombus are different, for they are divided by opposite diagonal lines.
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