rhomboid

Examples

• All

• In the daytime, a flood of light came through triangles and rhomboids of glass.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Don't you idiots know what a rhomboid is?

  Fiction book (1999)

• But of course, it was one of the miracles of that particular summer that nobody ever figured out what a rhomboid was.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "It's a rhomboid, for Christ's sake!

  Fiction book (1999)

• Seen from that perspective, it looked huge to Caroline, a distorted rhomboid in a photograph.

  Fiction book (1996)

• This is a rhomboid.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Within moments, he had pawed the rhomboid completely out of existence - both metaphorically and literally.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The cab draws up before a rain-stained tumble of concrete tank traps, huge rhomboids streaked with rust, covered with the stylized initials of forgotten lovers.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The architect designed the building with large rhomboids incorporated into the exterior facade for a unique look.

• In geometry class, we learned that a rhomboid has opposite sides that are equal in length and oblique angles.

Compounds

L

lesser rhomboid muscle

• Specialized

8.0

A muscle in the upper back under the trapezius that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and slightly up

G

greater rhomboid muscle

• Specialized

7.4

A muscle in the upper back that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine

R

rhomboid minor muscle

• Specialized

6.1

A small upper back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and slightly up

R

rhomboid muscle

• Specialized

6.6

A muscle in the upper back between the spine and shoulder blade that helps move and hold it

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology