rhombus

rhombus

rhom·bus

R0226100 (rŏm′bəs) n. pl. rhom·bus·es or rhom·bi (-bī) An equilateral parallelogram, especially one having oblique angles. Also called rhomb.

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[Late Latin, from Greek rhombos, bullroarer, lozenge-shaped flatfish, rhombus (a rhombus being so called in reference to lozenge-shaped wooden slat of a bullroarer), from rhembesthai, to roll about, go round and round; see wer-² in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

rhombus

(ˈrɒmbəs) n, pl -buses or -bi (-baɪ) (Mathematics) an oblique-angled parallelogram having four equal sides. Also called: rhomb Compare square¹[C16: from Greek rhombos something that spins; related to rhembein to whirl]

rhom•bus

(ˈrɒm bəs)

n., pl. -bus•es, -bi (-bī). 1. an equilateral parallelogram having oblique angles. 2. rhombohedron. [1560–70; < Latin < Greek rhómbos bull-roarer, whirling motion, lozenge, derivative of rhémbesthai to come and go, wander, revolve]

rhombus

rhom·bus

(rŏm′bəs) A parallelogram having four equal sides. A square is a rhombus with 90-degree angles.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rhombus - a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogramrhomb, diamondparallelogram - a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length

Translations

菱形

rhombus

(ˈrombəs) noun an equilateral parallelogram, other than a square. 菱形 菱形