Rhomb
Definition of Rhomb
Pronunciation:
rǒmb
or
rǒm; 277
n.
1.
(Geom.)
An
equilateral
parallelogram
, or
quadrilateral
figure
whose
sides
are
equal
and the
opposite
sides
parallel
. The
angles
may be
unequal
, two being
obtuse
and two
acute
, as in the
cut
, or the
angles
may be
equal
, in which
case
it is
usually
called
a
square
.
2.
(Geom.)
A
rhombohedron
.
Fresnel's rhomb
(Opt.)
a
rhomb
or
oblique
parallelopiped
of
crown
or St.
Gobain
glass
so
cut
that a
ray
of
light
entering
one of its
faces
at
right
angles
shall
emerge
at
right
angles
at the
opposite
face
, after
undergoing
within
the
rhomb
, at other
faces
, two
reflections
. It is used to
produce
a
ray
circularly
polarized
from a
plane-polarized
ray
, or the
reverse
.
- Nichol.
Related Words
parallelogram
,
rhombus
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