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rhomb
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rhomb \Rhomb\ (r[o^]mb or r[o^]m; 277), n. [L. rhombus, Gr. "ro`mbos rhomb, a spinning top, magic wheel, fr. "re`mbein to turn or whirl round, perhaps akin to E. wrench: cf. F. rhombe. Cf. Rhombus , Rhumb .] (Geom.) An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral ...
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n. a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus ]
Usage examples of rhomb.
See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
These rhombs have certain angles, and the three which form the pyramidal base of a single cell on one side of the comb, enter into the composition of the bases of three adjoining cells on the opposite side.
I have noticed half-completed rhombs at the base of a just-commenced cell, which were slightly concave on one side, where I suppose that the bees had excavated too quickly, and convex on the opposed side, where the bees had worked less quickly.