RHOMBOID


Meaning of RHOMBOID in English

I. ˈräm-ˌbȯid noun

Etymology: Middle French rhomboïde, from Latin rhomboides, from Greek rhomboeidēs resembling a rhombus, from rhombos

Date: 1570

: a parallelogram with no right angles and with adjacent sides of unequal length

II. ˈräm-ˌbȯid adjective

or rhom·boi·dal räm-ˈbȯi-d ə l

Date: circa 1693

: shaped somewhat like a rhombus or rhomboid

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