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rhombus

[ rom-buhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural rhom·bus·es, rhom·bi [rom, -bahy].

an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
an equilateral parallelogram, including the square as a special case.
a rhombohedron.

rhombus

/ ˈrɒmbəs /

See square
an oblique-angled parallelogram having four equal sides Also calledrhomb Compare square

rhombus

/ rŏm′bəs /

, Plural rhombuses rŏm′bī

Origin of rhombus¹

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin, from Greek rhómbos “anything that may be spun around,” derivative of rhémbein “to revolve”

Origin of rhombus¹

C16: from Greek rhombos something that spins; related to rhembein to whirl

Three forms of the rhombus have come under my own observation, each and all apparently connected in symbolism with the lightning.

The Apache name for the rhombus is tzi-ditindi, the "sounding wood."

Like the rhombus, they are decorated with incised lines representing the lightning.

They are in fact the duplicates, on a small scale, of the rhombus, already described.

The triangles of the rhombus are different, for they are divided by opposite diagonal lines.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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