rhomb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rhomb
< Latin rhombus rhombus; compare French rhombe
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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
Q. What is the difference between a rhomb and a rectangle?
From The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age by Samuel Wilderspin
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 John Mastin
Iceland spar is another example of the same kind: its molecules are built symmetrically round the line uniting the two blunt angles of the rhomb.
From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall
Hence rushed dhe Rhine and dhe Rhone, dhe Rhemi and Rheims, Rhoda and Rhodes; rhomb, rhumb, rheum, and rhubarb.
From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston
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