Rhombohedric
(Rhom`bo*hed"ric) a. (Geom. & Crystallog.) Rhombohedral.
Rhombohedron
(Rhom`bo*he"dron) n. [NL., fr. Gr. rhomb + seat, base.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A
solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
Rhomboid
(Rhom"boid) n. [Gr. rhomboidal; rhomb + e'i^dos shape: cf. F. rhomboïde.] (Geom.) An
oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with
being different.
Rhomboid
(Rhom"boid) a. Same as Rhomboidal.
Rhomboidal
(Rhom*boid"al) a. [Cf. F. rhomboïdal.] Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid.
Rhomboides
(Rhom*boid"es) n. A rhomboid. [R.] Milton.
Rhomboid-ovate
(Rhom`boid-o"vate) a. Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.
Rhomb spar
(Rhomb" spar`) (Min.) A variety of dolomite.
Rhombus
(Rhom"bus) n. [L.] Same as Rhomb, 1.
Rhonchal
(Rhon`chal) a. (Med.) Rhonchial.
Rhonchial
(Rhon"chi*al) a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.
Rhonchial fremitus. [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring.] (Med.) A vibration of the chest wall
that may be felt by the hand laid upon its surface. It is caused in the production of rhonchi in the bronchial
tubes.
Rhonchisonant
(Rhon*chis"o*nant) a. [L. rhonchus a snoring + sonans, p. pr. of sonare to sound.]
Making a snorting noise; snorting. [R.]
Rhonchus
(||Rhon"chus) n.; pl. Rhonchi [L., a snoring, a croaking.] (Med.) An adventitious whistling
or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By
some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to râle in its widest sense. See Râle.
Rhopalic
(Rho*pal"ic) a. [Gr. club-shaped; fr. a club: cf. F. rhopalique.] (Pros.) Applied to a line or
verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.
Rhopalium
(||Rho*pa"li*um) n.; pl. Rhopalia [NL.] (Zoöl.) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusæ
belonging to the Discophora.
