rhombus definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a parallelogram ... with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond] Merriam Webster's noun (plural rhombuses or rhombi ... sides. Etymology: L f. Gk rhombos Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhombus Rhom"bus, n. [L.] Same as Rhomb, 1. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (rhombuses) A rhombus is a geometric shape which has four equal sides but ...
Rhombus megastoma definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Marysole Ma"ry*sole ... fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder (Rhombus megastoma); -- called also carter, and whiff.
Rhombus levis definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Brill Brill, n. [Cf ... speckled.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret ...
Rhombus maximus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Turbot Tur"bot, n ... a whirl.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large European flounder (Rhombus maximus) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs ...
... with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond] Merriam Webster's noun (plural rhombs) Etymology: Middle French rhombe, from Latin rhombus Date: circa 1578 1. rhombus 2. rhombohedron Oxford Reference Dictionary n. = RHOMBUS. Derivatives: rhombic adj. Etymology: F rhombe or L rhombus Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhomb Rhomb, n. [L. rhombus, Gr. ??? rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. ??? to ...
... very small printing letter. 3. A figure, otherwise called a rhombus. DIAMOND, a. Resembling a diamond, as a diamond color; or ... with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb, diamond] 4: a playing card in the minor suit ... in brilliance, value, or fine quality) 3. a square or rhombus-shaped figure usually oriented with the long diagonal vertical 4 ... figure shaped like the cross-section of a diamond; a rhombus. 3 a a playing-card of a suit denoted by a red rhombus. b (in pl.) this suit. 4 a glittering particle or ... made of or set with diamonds or a diamond. 2 rhombus-shaped. --v.tr. adorn with or as with diamonds. ...
... 0 (2005) n 1: European food fish [syn: brill, Scophthalmus rhombus] Merriam Webster's noun (plural brill) Etymology: Middle English brell Date: 15th century a European flatfish (Scophthalmus rhombus syn. Bothus rhombus of the family Bothidae); broadly turbot Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. n. a European flat-fish, Scophthalmus rhombus, resembling a turbot. Etymology: 15th c.: orig. unkn. 2. adj ... speckled.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish allied to the turbot (Rhombus levis), much esteemed in England for food; -- called also bret ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes" [syn: rhomboid, rhomboidal] n 1: a ... rhomboïde, from Latin rhomboides, from Greek rhomboeid?s resembling a rhombus, from rhombos Date: 1570 a parallelogram with no right angles ... adjective or rhomboidal Date: circa 1693 shaped somewhat like a rhombus or rhomboid Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --adj. (also rhomboidal) having or nearly having the shape of a rhombus. --n. a quadrilateral of which only the opposite sides and ...
... four angles or sides. Thus a square, a parallelogram, a rhombus, and a trapezium, are tetragonal figures. 1. In botany, having ... four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers. 2. (Bot.) Having four ...
... figure having four angles; a quadrangle; as a square, a rhombus, etc. 2. In astrology, an aspect of two planets with ... four sides and angles; a quadrangle, as a square, a rhombus, etc. 2. (Astrol.) An aspect of two planets with regard ...
... called also pastille, troche Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a rhombus or diamond figure. 2 a small sweet or medicinal tablet ... COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Rhomb, rhombus, oblique-angled parallelogram (with equal sides), diamond. 2. Troche. Moby ...
... rhomb. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: resembling a rhombus Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1701 1. having the form of a rhombus 2. orthorhombic Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rhombic Rhom"bic, a ...