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• Rhombic antenna — signal gathering action compared to other end fire, backfire and traveling wave types. A rhombic antenna is a broadband directional antenna co invented by Edmond Bruce and Harald Friis,[1] mostly commonly used in HF (high frequency, also called… …   Wikipedia

• rhombic — [räm′bik] adj. 1. of, or having the form of, a rhombus 2. having a rhombus as the base or cross section: said of solid figures 3. bounded by rhombuses 4. ORTHORHOMBIC …   English World dictionary

• Rhombic dodecahedron — The rhombic dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron with 12 rhombic faces. It is an Archimedean dual solid, or a Catalan solid. Its dual is the cuboctahedron. Properties It is the polyhedral dual of the cuboctahedron, and a zonohedron. The long… …   Wikipedia

• Rhombic dodecahedral honeycomb — The rhombic dodecahedra honeycomb is a space filling tessellation (or honeycomb) in Euclidean 3 space. It is the Voronoi diagram of the face centered cubic sphere packing, which is believed to be the densest possible packing of equal spheres in… …   Wikipedia

• Rhombic drive — The rhombic drive is a specific method of transferring mechanical energy, or work, used when a single cylinder is used for two separately oscillating pistons. HistoryIt was originally developed around 1900 for the twin cylinder Lanchester car… …   Wikipedia

• rhombic sulfur — noun : the familiar yellow orthorhombic crystalline form of sulfur of density 2.07 that changes to the monoclinic form at 95.5° C …   Useful english dictionary

• rhombic — adjective Date: 1701 1. having the form of a rhombus 2. orthorhombic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rhombic — /rom bik/, adj. 1. having the form of a rhombus. 2. having a rhombus as base or cross section. 3. bounded by rhombuses, as a solid. 4. Crystall. orthorhombic. Also, rhombical. [1660 70; RHOMB + IC] * * * …   Universalium

• rhombic — rhom•bic [[t]ˈrɒm bɪk[/t]] also rhom′bi•cal adj. 1) math. having the form of a rhombus 2) math. having a rhombus as base or cross section 3) math. bounded by rhombuses, as a solid 4) cry Crystall. orthorhombic • Etymology: 1660–70 …   From formal English to slang

• rhombic — /ˈrɒmbɪk/ (say rombik) adjective 1. having the form of a rhombus. 2. having a rhombus as base or cross section. 3. bounded by rhombs, as a solid. 4. Crystallography → orthorhombic. Also, rhombical …  

• sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… …   Universalium