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rhombus

[ rom-buhs ]

noun

plural rhombuses, rhombi
  1. an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram; any equilateral parallelogram except a square.
  2. an equilateral parallelogram, including the square as a special case.


rhombus

/ Ėˆ°łÉ’³¾²śÉ™²õ /

noun

  1. an oblique-angled parallelogram having four equal sides Also calledrhomb Compare square
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rhombus

/ °łÅ³¾ā€²²śÉ™²õ /

, Plural rhombuses °łÅ³¾ā€²²śÄ«

  1. A parallelogram with four equal sides; an equilateral parallelogram.
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of rhombus1

First recorded in 1560ā€“70; from Latin, from Greek °ł³óĆ³³¾²ś“Ē²õ ā€œanything that may be spun around,ā€ derivative of °ł³óĆ©³¾²ś±š¾±²Ō ā€œto revolveā€
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of rhombus1

C16: from Greek rhombos something that spins; related to rhembein to whirl
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They added a structure to one side of the rhombus to mimic a bomb-like object and observed how the droplet and its wave patterns changed in response.

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I donā€™t know exactly what a leader in equity and well-being does, but Iā€™d assume it involves a bunch of acronyms and maybe some other restorative shapes, like a triangle or a rhombus.

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The handmade bears come complete with their hands resting in the ā€œMerkel rhombusā€, the chancellorā€™s trademark pose with thumbs and fingers lightly bracing together that have become a symbol of her calm leadership.

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ā€œScholz is trying to be Merkelā€™s clone all the way down to the rhombus,ā€ said John Kornblum, a former American ambassador to Germany who has been living in Berlin on and off since the 1960s.

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Last Friday, he appeared in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung with his hands resting in the ā€˜Merkel rhombusā€™, her trademark pose with thumbs and fingers lightly bracing together that is and a symbol of her calm leadership.

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