rhombus

[ rom-buhs ]

/ ˈrɒm bəs /

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noun, plural rhom·bus·es, rhom·bi

[rom-bahy]. /ˈrɒm baɪ/.

an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.

an equilateral parallelogram, including the square as a special case.

a rhombohedron.

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Origin of rhombus

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin, from Greek rhómbos “anything that may be spun around,” derivative of rhémbein “to revolve”

Words nearby rhombus

rhombo-, rhombohedral, rhombohedron, rhomboid, rhomboideus, rhombus, rhonchus, Rhonda, Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhone

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How to use rhombus in a sentence

It turned out that the best arrangement was to have the four cups form a close-packed rhombus, centered on the central point of the probability distribution.
Can You Knock Down The Last Bowling Pin?|Zach Wissner-Gross|August 5, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
Raz is still a kid, and for him, the events of the first game and an additional VR title, “Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin,” happened just a few days ago.
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Next, I randomly picked one of the four edges of the resulting rhombus and attached the third triangle.
Are You Clever Enough?|Zach Wissner-Gross|August 13, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Next, I randomly pick one of the four edges of the resulting rhombus and attach the third triangle.
Can You Zoom Around The Race Track?|Zach Wissner-Gross|August 6, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

Three forms of the rhombus have come under my own observation, each and all apparently connected in symbolism with the lightning.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
The Apache name for the rhombus is tzi-ditindi, the "sounding wood."
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
Like the rhombus, they are decorated with incised lines representing the lightning.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
They are in fact the duplicates, on a small scale, of the rhombus, already described.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
The triangles of the rhombus are different, for they are divided by opposite diagonal lines.
Montessori Elementary Materials|Maria Montessori

British Dictionary definitions for rhombus

rhombus

/ (ˈrɒmbəs) /

noun plural -buses or -bi (-baɪ)

an oblique-angled parallelogram having four equal sidesAlso called: rhomb Compare square (def. 1)

Word Origin for rhombus

C16: from Greek rhombos something that spins; related to rhembein to whirl

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Scientific definitions for rhombus

rhombus

[ rŏm′bəs ]

Plural rhombuses rhombi (rŏm′bī)

A parallelogram with four equal sides; an equilateral parallelogram.

Other words from rhombus

rhomboid, rhomboidal adjective

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