rhomb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rhomb
< Latin rhombus rhombus; compare French rhombe
Example Sentences
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Calcite cleaves readily in three directions producing a cleavage figure called a rhomb that looks like a cube squashed over toward one corner giving rise to the approximately 75° cleavage angles.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Suppose that Huygens made the experiment alluded to, without design, what he really observed was that the images appeared and disappeared alternately as he turned the rhomb round.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob
Rhomboid, rom′boid, n. a figure of the form of a rhomb: a quadrilateral figure having only its opposite sides and angles equal.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Q. What is the difference between a rhomb and a rhomboid?
From The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age by Wilderspin, Samuel
The fourth side of the rhomb is formed by the so-called Bohemian-Moravian Hills, a plateau or broad series of low hills, composed of primitive rocks, and attaining in some places an altitude of 2500 ft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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