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Synonyms for rhombus

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rom-buh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɒm bəs

Top 10 synonyms for rhombus
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Définition of rhombus

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Late Latin rhombus, from Greek rhombos "rhombus, rhomb, lozenge; spinning top, maghic wheel used by sorcerers; a spinning motion," from rhembesthai "to spin, whirl," from PIE *wrembh-, from *werbh- "to turn, twist, bend" (cf. Old English weorpan "to throw away"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).
  • As in quadrangle : noun four-sided figure
  • As in diamond : noun gemstone
Example sentences :
  • And a Rhomboides is so opposed to an oblong, as a Rhombus is to a quadrate.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • The Rhombus cardina, a passable fish of the pleuronect genus.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • What is it about the rhombus, pa, and when am I to read Juvenal?
  • Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • We use "parallelogram" to cover "rhomboid," "rhombus," "oblong," and "square."
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • The Rhombus maximus (Cuvier), said to be the best, and excepting the halibut, the largest of our flat fishes.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • Or why the Noble Antoninus in some sence doth call the soul it self a Rhombus?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Sir Thomas Browne » by Thomas Browne
  • Of two cones of one common base is made Archimede's Rhombus, as here, whose geodsy shall be cut of two cones.
  • Extract from : « The Way To Geometry » by Peter Ramus
  • The Turbot, Rhombus maximus (Fig. 371), resembles in its general form a lozenge, whence its name of rhombus.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
  • Three forms of the rhombus have come under my own observation, each and all apparently connected in symbolism with the lightning.
  • Extract from : « The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604)) » by John G. Bourke
  • The Apache name for the rhombus is tzi-ditindi, the "sounding wood."
  • Extract from : « The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604)) » by John G. Bourke
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