Rhombus Definition

rŏmbəs
rhombi, rhombuses
noun
rhombuses
An equilateral parallelogram, esp. one without right angles.
Webster's New World

(zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes once considered part of the genus Rhombus. [from 16th c.]

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Noun

Singular:
rhombus
Plural:
rhombi, rhombuses

Origin of Rhombus

  • Late Latin from Latin flatfish, magician's circle from Greek rhombos rhombus wer-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhombos, “rhombus, spinning top"), from ῥέμβω (rhembo, “I turn around").

    From Wiktionary

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