Rhombohedral iron ore(Min.) See Hematite.Rhombohedral system(Crystallog.), a division of the hexagonal system embracing the rhombohedron, scalenohedron, etc.

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.

Rhomboganoid
(Rhom`bo*ga"noid) n. [Rhomb + ganoid.] (Zoöl.) A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.

Rhomboganoidei
(||Rhom`bo*ga*noi"de*i) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Ginglymodi.

Rhombogene
(Rhom"bo*gene) n. [Rhomb + root of Gr. to be born.] (Zoöl.) A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; — opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata. [Written also rhombogen.]

Rhombohedral
(Rhom`bo*he"dral) a. (Geom. & Crystallog.) Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron.


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