rhombic
Americanadjective
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having the form of a rhombus.
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having a rhombus as base or cross section.
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bounded by rhombuses, as a solid.
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Crystallography. orthorhombic.
adjective
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relating to or having the shape of a rhombus
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crystallog another word for orthorhombic
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This form is stable from 96 °C to the melting point, 119 °C. At room temperature, it gradually reverts to the rhombic form.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
When rhombic sulfur melts, the straw-colored liquid is quite mobile; its viscosity is low because S8 molecules are essentially spherical and offer relatively little resistance as they move past each other.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
They therefore came up with a rhombic pattern, covering the brickwork of the entire tower along with the already filled-in windows • • Know more?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018
In the meantime, a U.S. technician was surveying the clusters of rhombic antennas and generators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Six kinds of primitive forms were distinguished, namely, the cube, the regular octahedron, the regular tetrahedron, a rhombohedron, an octahedron with a rhombic base, and a double six-sided pyramid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
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