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losango — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lozenge noun A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
  • rhombus noun A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.

Senses

losango is used for these senses in English:

  • lozenge (shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
  • rhombus (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]

lozenge — full definition

  1. noun A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
  2. noun A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

rhombus — full definition

  1. noun A parallelogram having all sides of equal length.
  2. noun The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
  3. noun In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
  4. noun Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus.

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