rhomboid as a noun: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
rhomboid
noun
1 rhomboid
A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
Roget 244:
angularity,
angularness†;
aduncity†;
angle,
cusp,
bend;
fold
etc.
258;
notch
etc.
257;
fork,
bifurcation.
elbow,
knee,
knuckle,
ankle,
groin,
crotch,
crutch,
crane,
fluke,
scythe,
sickle,
zigzag,
kimbo†,
akimbo.
corner,
nook,
recess,
niche,
oriel [Arch.],
coign†.
right angle
etc.
(perpendicular)
216.1,
212;
obliquity
etc.
217;
angle of 45 degrees,
miter;
acute angle,
obtuse angle,
salient angle,
reentering angle,
spherical angle.
angular measurement,
angular elevation,
angular distance,
angular velocity;
trigonometry,
goniometry;
altimetry†;
clinometer,
graphometer†,
goniometer;
theodolite;
sextant,
quadrant;
dichotomy.
triangle,
trigon†,
wedge;
rectangle,
square,
lozenge,
diamond;
rhomb,
rhombus;
quadrangle,
quadrilateral;
parallelogram;
quadrature;
polygon,
pentagon,
hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon,
oxygon†,
decagon.
pyramid,
cone.
Platonic bodies;
cube,
rhomboid;
tetrahedron,
pentahedron,
hexahedron,
octahedron,
dodecahedron,
icosahedron,
eicosahedron;
prism,
pyramid;
parallelopiped;
curb roof,
gambrel roof,
mansard roof.
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Polish: deltoid, romboid
2 rhomboid
Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade.
synonym: rhomboid muscle.
adjective
1 rhomboid
Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid:
— Rhomboidal shapes.
synonym: rhomboidal.
Roget 244:
angular,
bent,
crooked,
aduncous†,
uncinated†,
aquiline,
jagged,
serrated;
falciform†,
falcated†;
furcated†,
forked,
bifurcate,
zigzag;
furcular†;
hooked;
dovetailed;
knock kneed,
crinkled,
akimbo,
kimbo†,
geniculated†;
oblique
etc.
217.
fusiform [Micro.],
wedge-shaped,
cuneiform;
cuneate†,
multangular†,
oxygonal†;
triangular,
trigonal†,
trilateral;
quadrangular,
quadrilateral;
foursquare;
rectangular,
square,
multilateral;
polygonal
etc.
n.;
cubical,
rhomboid,
rhomboidal,
pyramidal.
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Polish: romboidalny
Moby thesaurus: bend, bias, cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diagonal, diced, foursquare, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, oblong, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, scratch comma, separatrix, slant, slash, solidus, square, tetragonal, tetrahedral, transverse, trapezohedral, trapezoid, virgule ... show more.
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