rhomboid
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhomboid in British English:
UK [ˈrɒmbɔɪd]
How to pronounce rhomboid in American English:
US [ˈrɑmbɔɪd]
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- Noun:
- a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
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- Adjective:
- shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
Word Origin
- rhomboid (n.)
- 1560s, from Middle French rhomboide or directly from Late Latin rhomboides, from Greek rhomboeides "rhomboidal; a rhomboid;" see rhombus + -oid. Related: Rhomboidal. As an adjective from 1690s.
Example
- 1. Is that a deltoid or a rhomboid ?
- 2. Leaf blade 2-4.5 cm wide , rhomboid or ovate ; branchlets rust-brown stellate tomentose .
- 3. Leaf blade margin serrate or irregularly serrate , leaf blade rhomboid , ovate , or elliptic .
- 4. Surgical design of repairing skin defect of parotic region with modified rhomboid flap .
- 5. Leaf blade ovate , orbicular , or rhomboid ; epicalyx lobes linear , 0.5-2 mm wide .