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Rhomb

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n. A rhombus

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square.

n. A rhombohedron.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In geometry, an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; a quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal, and the opposite sides parallel, but the angles unequal, two being obtuse and two acute.

n. In crystallography, a solid bounded by six equal and similar rhombic planes; a rhombohedron.

n. In zoology, a pair of semirhombs forming a rhombic figure, as certain plates of cystic crinoids.

n. A material circle.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

parallelogram

Cross Reference

pectinated rhomb fresnel's rhomb

Hyponym

square

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

rhombohedron