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rhomboidal

rhomboidal

9.3
Shaped like a diamond or a tilted square
  • adjective
  • /rɑːmˈbɔɪdəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : romboidal
  • The artist used rhomboidal shapes in her painting to create a sense of movement.

Examples

  • Sorry, those rhombuses, rhomboidal little pieces of fruit Jelly or something.

  • Sorry, those rhombuses, rhomboidal little pieces of fruit Jelly or something.

  • The architect designed a building with rhomboidal windows to enhance its modern appearance.

  • The table had a unique rhomboidal top, making it stand out in the room.

Synonyms

rhombic
vsrhomboidal
1 6.8

Shaped like a diamond or slanted square

is broader, used also for slanted parallelograms with unequal adjacent sides
rhomboid
vsrhomboidal
  • Specialized
8.6

Having the shape of a slanted diamond with unequal adjacent sides

also includes diamond shapes as well as slanted parallelograms

Surface Forms

rhomboidal positive

Morphology

rhomboidal = rhomboid (transparent) = rhomb + oid + al

The adjective is transparently formed from 'rhomboid' plus the adjectival suffix '-al', preserving the geometric meaning.

Etymology

Rhomboidal comes from rhombus, which itself comes from an old Greek word that meant 'spinning top' and later a 'diamond' shape. So rhomboidal means 'like a diamond' or a 'slanted square', which explains its shape meaning today.