Rhomboid

Word RHOMBOID
Character 8
Hyphenation rhom boid
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Rhomboid"

What do we mean by rhomboid?

A parallelogram with unequal adjacent sides. noun

Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid. adjective

In anthropology, a cranium the norma verticalis of which has a rhomboid form. noun

Having a form like or approaching that of a rhomb; having the shape of a rhomboid (see II., 1); rhomboidal.

In geometry, a quadrilateral figure whose opposite sides and angles are equal, but which is neither equilateral nor equiangular; a non-equilateral oblique parallelogram. noun

In crystallography, a solid having a rhomboidal form with three axes of unequal lengths, two of which are at right angles to each other, while the third is so inclined as to be perpendicular to one of the two axes, and oblique to the other. noun

In anatomy, a rhomboideus. noun

Same as rhomboidal. adjective

An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different. noun

A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle noun

Any of several muscles that control the shoulders noun

A solid shape which has rhombic faces noun

Resembling, or shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid adjective

Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade noun

A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal noun

Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid adjective

A parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle

Any of several muscles that control the shoulders

A solid shape which has rhombic faces

Someone who is disturbing to both the eye and the mind. Urban Dictionary

-noun 1. A collarless knitted sweater containing a characteristig oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal. 2. A rhomboid cardigan is an item of purchase that makes you look like hot stuff, similar to argyle, but not quite. The rhomboid pattern can occur such that it appears to be diamond-like in shape. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rhomboid

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The word "rhomboid" in example sentences

His team studies enzymes called rhomboid proteases that are found in a cell's membrane. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Meanwhile, I combined Jason's earlier "rhomboid" with "flexagon" to generate 179 search results.

Of course it is not in any way shaped like a square it is more like a crushed and bent rhomboid, but it is from this open mandala that the souks radiate. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

She watches the people passing down below, two girls in white nurse's uniforms with stiff rhomboid veils, a woman in a brown velvet gown, a man as lean and inky as a shadow traversing the road in the sun. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I take the rhomboid of bricks and squint at it, and the diagram. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The quilt is worked using two sizes of lozenge diamond, and a rhomboid shape of black-and-white spotted fabric for the light-coloured 'trellis' effect dividing the diamonds. ❋ Linda (2009)

It changed shape, from spherical to cuboid, then to pyramidal and to rhomboid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Soon, he had categorized the tumor as a sarcoma, a cancer of the connective tissues, with sheet upon sheet of rhomboid, fox-eyed cells invading the tendons and muscle. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

The rhomboid windows of open space will intrigue motorists who drive underneath it, he says: Light swoops in and it ' s less about going through a tunnel than traveling through this interesting form. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Surprise, Surprise: Bad News for Mets Mets rookie pitcher Jenrry Mejia has a rhomboid strain of the right shoulder blade and won't pitch again this season, the team said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Without context, reduced to an undefined rhomboid shape on the screen, it becomes nearly invisible. ❋ Mark Jacobson (2010)

The red layer contains plate-like aluminum components 40 nm in thickness mixed in a solidified matrix with highly uniform iron-rich rhomboid components [1]. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We sit and talk of beavers and their natural sculptures of chewed cottonwood stumps outside Chicago, and the rhomboid of seven rows of seven white Himalayan birches Nash planted seven feet apart just down the hill, hoping they would grow precisely forty-nine feet high. ❋ Roger Deakin (2009)

"[OMG stop] talking smack about my woman you rhomboid!!" ([C. S. Lewis]) I am King [Rhombus] and you are all my rhomboids. ❋ Pzza_xprss (2010)

I [look] [smokin'] in my rhomboid cardigan. ❋ Anonymous, Anonymous (2007)

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