Rhomboid

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), a.
     Same as {Rhomboidal}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), n. [Gr. ??? rhomboidal; ???
     rhomb + e'i^dos shape: cf. F. rhombo["i]de.] (Geom.)
     An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only
     the opposite sides equal, the length and with being
     different.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rhomboid
       adj : shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes" [syn:
              {rhomboidal}]
       n 1: a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an
            oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite
            sides equal
       2: any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the
          shoulder blade [syn: {rhomboid muscle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "rhomboid":
     bend, bias, cube-shaped, cubed, cubic, cubiform, cuboid, diagonal,
     diced, foursquare, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure,
     oblique line, oblong, orthogonal, quadrangular, quadrate,
     quadriform, quadrilateral, rectangular, rhombic, scratch comma,
     separatrix, slant, slash, solidus, square, tetragonal, tetrahedral,
     transverse, trapezohedral, trapezoid, virgule