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
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,
rhombus
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