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Look up: rhomboid

  1. rhomboid
    [adj] - shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid 2. [n] - a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths 3. [n] - any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Rhomboid
    Definition (keystage 3) A parallelogram in which adjacent sides have different lengths and which does not contain a right angle. That is, a parallelogram that is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle (and hence also not a square).
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  3. Rhomboid
    Rhom'boid (rŏm'boid) noun [ Greek ......... rhomboidal; ......... rhomb + e'i^dos shape: confer French rhomboïde .] (Geom.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/77

  4. Rhomboid
    Rhom'boid (rŏm'boid) adjective Same as Rhomboidal .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/77

  5. rhomboid
    <geometry> Quadangular, with the lateral angles obtuse. ... (23 Aug 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. rhomboid
    rhomboidal adjective shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; `rhomboidal shapes`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. rhomboid
    rhomboid muscle noun any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. rhomboid
    noun a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Rhomboid
    In geometry, a `rhomboid` is a parallelogram in which adjacent sides are of unequal lengths and angles are oblique. A shape like a rhomboid with sides of equal length (equilateral) is a rhombus. A shape like a rhomboid with right angled corners is a rectangle. The word Rhomboid which means `rhomb`-like was commonly used in the 19th century for a parallelogram which was neither a rectangle nor a rhombus. Today it is more often used for a solid ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhomboid

  10. rhomboid
    (rom´boid) shaped like a rectangle that has been skewed to one side so that the angles are oblique.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  11. Rhomboid
    • (n.) An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different. • (a.) Same as Rhomboidal.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. rhomboid
    rhomboid 1. A parallelogram with adjacent sides that are not equal. 2. Having a shape similar to a rectangle that has been skewed to one side so that the angles are oblique. 3. Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade. 4. In anatomy, denoting especially a ligament and two muscles.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. rhomboid
    Resembling a rhomb; i.e., an oblique parallelogram, but having unequal sides; in anatomy, denoting especially a ligament and two muscles. Syn: rhombic 1 [rhombo- + G. eidos, appearance]
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