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
No. 10 a different set of geometrical shapes, viz. sociles-triangles, scolene-triangles, rectangle, rhomb, rhomboid, trapezoid, trapeziums, ellipse or oval.
From The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age by Wilderspin, Samuel
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 Tyndall, John
The small pillow for her head must lie on the large pillow to form a rhomb; she then places her head exactly upon the diagonal of the rhomb.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
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
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