: a parallelogram with four equal sides and sometimes one with no right angles
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebWell, turns out, the love triangle has turned back into a love rhombus. Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 14 Mar. 2022 Even dopey Nate or clueless Brooklynite Dan could, under duress, have picked out a cleavage-rhombus dress for fair Serena. Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021 Outside there’s a rotating 3-D laser projector that can cast light in the shape of a rhombus that’s up to 1,650 square feet large above the pool. Helena Madden, Robb Report, 10 May 2021 In the other two videos, Sabur uses a wooden rhombus to frame objects on the ground (a cast full-face mask) or in the sky (the planet Mars).Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2020 Each arches outward over the dash with more concentric rhombuses directing the airflow. Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 17 Feb. 2020 Would not the areas of the mini-triangle and the area of the rhombus adjacent to it, combined, make for another triangle? Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2020 The building’s shape was then closer to a rhombus, according to Valentine. Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2019 For more than a decade, Australian engineers working under the name Rotary Engine Development Agency have developed a new design of rotary engine that is based on a deforming rhombus rather than the conventional triangular rotors. Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek rhombos piece of wood whirled on a string, lozenge, from rhembein to whirl