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
Small portions of sulphate of strontia, galena, and blende, with rhomb spar, occur in the upper portion of the group.
From Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings by W. P. (William Peter) Strickland
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 Sigmund Freud
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
If the length of the sides of a parallelogram are all equal and the angles are not right angles, as in Figure 68, it is called a rhomb, rhombus or diamond.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Joshua Rose
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