rhomb

American  

[rom, romb] / rɒm, rɒmb /

noun

1. rhombus.

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rhomb British  

/ rɒm /

noun

1. another name for rhombus

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Etymology

Origin of rhomb

< Latin rhombus rhombus; compare French rhombe

Example Sentences

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

Let this rhomb be cut along the plane b c; and the two severed surfaces, after having been polished, reunited by Canada balsam.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John

On rotating this rhomb of spar, one of these marks is seen to revolve round the other, which remains stationary, the moving mark passing further from the centre in places.

From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by Mastin, John

B is silent when it follows m in the same syllable; as in lamb, &c. except in accumb, rhomb, and succumb.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Why did this pillow have to be placed so as to form a rhomb; and why did the girl's head have to rest exactly upon the diagonal?

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund