Meaning

2 senses

  1. A rhombus.

  2. A rhombohedron.

More definitions
  • a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

Origin

Partly borrowed from Middle French rhombe and partly from its etymon Latin rhombus, from A

Partly borrowed from Middle French rhombe and partly from its etymon Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhombus and rhumb.

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Forms

plural: rhombs
Singularrhomb
Pluralrhombs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram:rhombusdiamond

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrhombencephalon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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