Noun: rhombus
| Singular | rhombus |
| Plural | rhombi; rhombuses |
Sample Sentences
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The Greeks also used an instrument called a rhombus, or witches' wheel. As the wheel spun round, it was thought that influence was gained over certain people or circumstances. [1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 58:]
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the greedy Tuberon or Shark arm'd with a double row of venemous teeth pursues them, directed by a little Rhombus, Musculus or pilot-fish that scuds to and fro to bring intelligence [...]. [1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section I:]
Nouns inflected like rhombus
renal calculus,
pylorus,
prolapsus,
parahippocampal gyrus,
hyperradius,
succubus,
scarabaeus,
colossus,
eucalyptus,
papyrus,
disfocus,
polypus,
phallus,
solidus,
silurus,
lenticular nucleus,
dinosaurus,
chorepiscopus,
ankylosaurus,
fusiform gyrus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”). Doublet of rhomb and rhumb. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
ῥόμβος'.
Verbs referencing "rhombus"
Finnish Nouns
rombi.