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rhombus
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Late Latin rhombus , from Greek rhombos "rhombus, rhomb, lozenge; spinning top, maghic wheel used by sorcerers; a spinning motion," from rhembesthai "to spin, whirl," from PIE *wrembh- , from *werbh- "to turn, twist, bend" (source also of Old ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context zoology now rare English) Any of several flatfishes once considered part of the genus (taxlink Rhombus genus nomul=1 noshow=1). (from 16th c.) 2 (context geometry English) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. it is a square with ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rhombus may refer to: Rhombus , a geometric shape (often colloquially described as a diamond) Rhombus (band) , a roots reggae band from New Zealand Port Rhombus EP , an electronic music EP by Squarepusher Rhombus (UK band) , a Gothic Rock band from The ...
Usage examples of rhombus.
Denna Van Hausen finally moved away from the ExOps console and Rhombus rolled into place.
Will, grown tall and earnest-looking, played the pedant Rhombus, a stock comedy character he was good at: pedants and scholars with mouthfuls of inkhorn terms he alone of the boys could commit easily to memory.
The screen flowered interconnecting lines, varicolored rhombi marking primary, secondary, and tertiary stations.
Though we are not worthy, all I can offer you is your freedom and a small sum of money," Cerebella pleaded, with Rhombus head-bobbing approval.
As Cerebella sniffed my vapors, playing with my endowment, I had my mouth on Rhombus middle breast, and my hands on her outer two.
Out of this figure were made two remarkable forms of Battle, the Cuneus and Forceps, or the sheare and wedge battles, each made of half a Rhombus, and but differenced by position.
Glory, the Hall of Proclaimed Intellect, the Hall of Reverence for the Master (which is the second-greatest library in the world, the first being in Ch'ang-an), and there in the great courtyard of the Hall of Literary Profundity stood the soul pole, left of the entrance, and beneath the red banner flew the flag of a senior scholar who was entitled to display all fourteen symbols of academic distinction: wishing pearls, musical stone, good-luck clouds, rhombus, rhinoceros-horn cup, books, pictures, maple, yarrow, banana leaf, tripod, herb of immortality, money, and the silver shoe.