rhomb

[ rom, romb ]

noun

1. rhombus.

rhomb

/ rɒm /

noun

1. another name for rhombus

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhomb¹

< Latin rhombus rhombus; compare French rhombe

Example Sentences

Rhomboid, rom′boid, n. a figure of the form of a rhomb: a quadrilateral figure having only its opposite sides and angles equal.—adj.

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Why did this pillow have to be placed so as to form a rhomb; and why did the girl's head have to rest exactly upon the diagonal?

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Only a rhomb of dim gaslight on my ceiling remained....

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Circularly polarized light he obtained by means of a rhomb of glass, known as “Fresnel’s rhomb,” having obtuse angles of 126�, and acute angles of 54�.

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Suppose that Huygens made the experiment alluded to, without design, what he really observed was that the images appeared and disappeared alternately as he turned the rhomb round.

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