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Webster 1913 Edition


Rhomboid

Rhom′boid

(rŏm′boid)
,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] rhomboidal; [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] rhomb +
εἶδοσ
shape: cf. F.
rhomboïde
.]
(Geom.)
An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.

Rhom′boid

(rŏm′boid)
,
Adj.
Same as
Rhomboidal
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rhomboid

RHOM'BOID

,
Noun.
[Gr. rhomb, and form.]
1.
In geometry, a figure having some resemblance to a rhomb; or a quadrilateral figure whose opposite sides and angles are equal, but which is neither equilateral nor equiangular.
2.
a. In anatomy, the rhomboid muscle is a thin, broad and obliquely square fleshy muscle, between the basis of the scapula and the spina dorsi.