Crossword clues for rhombic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rhombic
Rhombic \Rhom"bic\, a.
Shaped like a rhomb.
(Crystallog.) Same as Orthorhombic.
Wiktionary
rhombic
a. Having the characteristics of a rhombus. alt. Having the characteristics of a rhombus.
WordNet
rhombic
adj. resembling a rhombus
Wikipedia
Rhombic
Rhombic may refer to:
- Rhombus, a quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length (often called a diamond)
- Rhombic antenna, a broadband directional antenna most commonly used on shortwave frequencies
- polyhedra formed from rhombuses, such as the rhombic dodecahedron or the rhombic triacontahedron or the rhombic dodecahedral honeycomb or the rhombic icosahedron or the rhombic hexecontahedron or the rhombic enneacontahedron or the trapezo-rhombic dodecahedron
- other things that exhibit the shape of a rhombus, such as rhombic tiling, Rhombic Chess, rhombic drive, Rhombic Skaapsteker, rhombic egg eater, rhombic night adder, forest rhombic night adder
Usage examples of "rhombic".
Like a steel ark, it sat high above a sea of giant rhombic eavesdropping antennas planted in the tundra and pointing in every direction.
Dozens of rhombic antennas, arranged in rosette patterns, were constructed to sweep in the Communist communications.
Even in the rude circumferential rim or wall of wax round a growing comb, flexures may sometimes be observed, corresponding in position to the planes of the rhombic basal plates of future cells.