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rhomboganoidei |
rhombogene |
rhombohedral |
rhombohedric |
rhombohedron |
rhomboid
| rhomboid minor muscle
| rhomboid muscle
| rhomboid-ovate
| rhomboidal
| rhomboides
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rhomboid has 2 senses
- rhomboid(n = noun.shape) Array - a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal; Array is a kind of parallelogram
- rhomboid(n = noun.body) rhomboid muscle - any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade; Array is a kind of skeletal muscle, striated muscle
Derived forms adjective rhomboid1, adjective rhomboidal1
has particulars: greater rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus major, rhomboideus major muscle, lesser rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus minor, rhomboid minor muscle
Adjective rhomboid has 1 sense
- rhomboid(a = adj.pert) rhomboidal - shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes" Derived form noun rhomboid1
CIDE DICTIONARY
rhomboid, n. [Gr. rhomboidal; rhomb + e'i^dos shape: cf. F. rhomboïde.].
An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different. [1913 Webster]
rhomboid, a.
Same as Rhomboidal. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rhomboid, adj. & n.
--adj. (also rhomboidal) having or nearly having the shape of a rhombus.
--n. a quadrilateral of which only the opposite sides and angles are equal.
--adj. (also rhomboidal) having or nearly having the shape of a rhombus.
--n. a quadrilateral of which only the opposite sides and angles are equal.
Etymology
F rhombo{iuml}de or LL rhomboides f. Gk rhomboeides (as RHOMB)
THESAURUS
rhomboid
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, virguleROGET THESAURUS
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Angularity
N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, 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, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal, angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, 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, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.
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