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rhombic

rhombic

1 6.8
Shaped like a diamond or slanted square
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɑːmbɪk/
translation icon : romboidal
  • RTs at the vertices of a rhombic dodecahedron (RD) meet with their threefold tips.

Examples

  • The patented rhombic moving coil design provides for long life, low electrical noise, fast acceleration, and high efficiency.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Rhombic Triacontahedra (RT) and Rhombic Hexecontahedron (RH)

    Blog text (8)

  • A patented rhombic moving-coil design provides for long life, low electrical noise, fast acceleration, and high efficiency.

    Academic text (1996)

  • It's mainly developing with huge numbers of cell migrations from the rhombic lift to behind brain just developing in the newborn hamster.

  • The clusters thus produced can be used to build further clusters using an RT and a rhombic hexecontahedron (RH), the logo of WolframAlpha.

    Blog text (8)

  • In this article, we explore possible clusters of rhombic triacontahedra (RTs), usually by connecting them face to face, which happens when they are placed at the vertices of certain polyhedra.

    Blog text (8)

  • The architect chose rhombic shapes for the new building's windows to create a unique design.

  • In geometry class, we learned that a rhombic shape has all sides equal and opposite angles equal.

  • The mosaic featured colorful tiles arranged in a stunning rhombic pattern that caught everyone's eye.

Synonyms

rhomboidal
vsrhombic
  • Specialized
9.3

Shaped like a diamond or a tilted square

is the common visual term rather than the precise geometric label
diamondlike
vsrhombic
4.0

Shaped like a diamond or arranged in a diamond pattern

is about the strict four-sided slanted geometric form rather than mere appearance

How Diamond-Shaped

rhombic
1 6.8

Surface Forms

rhombic positive

Morphology

rhombic = rhombus (transparent) = rhombus + ic

The adjective is a regular adjectival formation from 'rhombus' using the productive suffix '-ic', so the meaning 'diamond-shaped' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word rhombic comes from the Greek word rhombos, which originally meant a 'spinning top' and later named the diamond-like shape rhombus. So, to call something rhombic is to say it is 'diamond-shaped'.