Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rhomboid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rhomboid \Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), a.
Same as {Rhomboidal}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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