Definitions for rhombic

rhombic rhom·bic

Spelling: [rom-bik]
IPA: /ˈrɒm bɪk/

Rhombic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in rhombic (bchimor).

Definitions for rhombic

adjective

  1. having the form of a rhombus.
  2. having a rhombus as base or cross section.
  3. bounded by rhombuses, as a solid.
  4. Crystallography. orthorhombic.

Origin of rhombic

First recorded in 1660-70; rhomb + -ic

Examples for rhombic

At this part the shaft is greatly flattened and the cross section becomes oblong or rhombic.

In the case of sulphur, the transition point of rhombic into monoclinic sulphur was found by Reicher to lie at 95.5.

It crystallizes in the cubical system, often in beautiful octahedra and rhombic dodecahedra.

The sulphocarbolate of magnesium crystallises in large, clear, rhombic prisms, easily soluble in water.

At a red hot heat this oxide fuses, and on cooling, crystallises in rhombic prisms.

The continuation of this curve, therefore, above 151 forms the stable fusion curve of rhombic sulphur (curve CD).

Aragonite, a mineral formed of calcium carbonate crystallized in the rhombic system; specific gravity 2.94 (compare Calcite).

The crystals are colourless tables, rhombic or hexagonal, according to the modifications produced principally in the acute angles.

Autunite, a hydrous phosphate of uranium and calcium, crystallizing in the rhombic system in yellow plates.

It crystallises in the 4th (rhombic) system, and its lustre is vitreous.

Word Value for rhombic
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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