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  • noun Plural form of rhombus.

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Examples

  • We had been talking about rhombuses, and suddenly, Yolanda was solemnly pontificating on her grandfather's funeral last year.

    When We Stopped Sound Kimberly Ann Southwick 2011

  • Biological essentialism treats tapirs and rabbits, pangolins and dromedaries, as though they were triangles, rhombuses, parabolas or dodecahedrons.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Biological essentialism treats tapirs and rabbits, pangolins and dromedaries, as though they were triangles, rhombuses, parabolas or dodecahedrons.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Romanticism is dead; the continents of the future will be outlined with clean straight lines and re-shaped into conic sections and rhombuses; the old geological must be replaced with a world of geometry.

    The War with the Newts 2006

  • Two white stars on red and black rhombuses are the only emblems on his wide shoulders.

    CASTRO REVIEWS GERMINATING CUBAN SOCIALIST POLIC 1972

  • They fabricate a great many white mats, which are strong, with many red stripes, rhombuses, and other figures, interwoven on one side; and often pretty large.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784

  • LONDON, April 16, (RTRS): Jockey's cap, clam shells and velvet rhombuses stitch together the tales of 19th century women convicts sent to Australia, modern-day male prisoners, the persecuted and the privileged alongside a couple of Britain's most famous artists in a new show.

    Arab Times Kuwait English Daily siraj mohammed 2010

  • These insets form rhombuses so that the overall compositions recall constructivism, the modernist style rejected by the Soviet state.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • These insets form rhombuses so that the overall compositions recall constructivism, the modernist style rejected by the Soviet state.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • LONDON, April 16, (RTRS): Jockey's cap, clam shells and velvet rhombuses stitch together the tales of 19th century women convicts sent to Australia, modern-day male prisoners, the persecuted and the privileged alongside a couple of Britain's most famous artists in a new show.

    Arab Times Kuwait English Daily siraj mohammed 2010

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