rhomb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a rhombus; a parallelogram whose four sides are equal

   The geometric construction divides the hexagon into three equal rhombs.

2. 2
   noun

   a rhombohedron or a face having the shape of a rhombus

   Each crystal rhomb met the next at a sharply defined edge.

Borrowed through French rhombe and Latin rhombus from Greek rhombos, a spinning object or circular motion. Geometry applied the name to the equal-sided parallelogram. Rhomb is a shorter doublet of rhombus and is also used for a rhombohedral crystal form.

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