Meaning of RHOMBOID
| Pronunciation: | | 'râmboyd
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- [n] any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade
- [n] a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
- [adj] shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes"
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| | Synonyms: | | rhomboid muscle, rhomboidal |
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| | See Also: | | greater rhomboid muscle, lesser rhomboid muscle, musculus rhomboideus major, musculus rhomboideus minor, parallelogram, rhomboid minor muscle, rhomboideus major muscle, skeletal muscle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), n. [Gr. ??? rhomboidal; ???
rhomb + e'i^dos shape: cf. F. rhombo["i]de.] (Geom.)
An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only
the opposite sides equal, the length and with being
different.
\Rhom"boid\ (r[o^]m"boid), a.
Same as {Rhomboidal}.
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| | Definition: | | Quadangular, with the lateral angles obtuse. |
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