Meaning & use
rhombuses
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Four-sided geometric shapes in which all sides are equal in length but the angles are not right angles.
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The quilt pattern was made entirely of colorful rhombuses stitched together.
A square is technically a special case among the many rhombuses possible in geometry.
A note on using this word
The plural can also be spelled 'rhombi'; both forms are correct, though 'rhombuses' is more common in everyday English.
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