deltoid-like
1Deltoid — Del toid, a. [Gr. deltoeidh s delta shaped; de lta the name of the letter [Delta] + e i^dos form: cf. F. delto[ i]de. See {Delta}.] 1. Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta shaped; triangular. [1913 Webster] {Deltoid leaf} (Bot.), a leaf… …
2Deltoid leaf — Deltoid Del toid, a. [Gr. deltoeidh s delta shaped; de lta the name of the letter [Delta] + e i^dos form: cf. F. delto[ i]de. See {Delta}.] 1. Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta shaped; triangular. [1913 Webster] {Deltoid leaf} (Bot.),… …
3Deltoid muscle — Deltoid Del toid, a. [Gr. deltoeidh s delta shaped; de lta the name of the letter [Delta] + e i^dos form: cf. F. delto[ i]de. See {Delta}.] 1. Shaped like the Greek [Delta] (delta); delta shaped; triangular. [1913 Webster] {Deltoid leaf} (Bot.),… …
4deltoid — 1741, in deltoid muscle, so called for its shape, from Gk. deltoeides triangular, lit. shaped like the letter delta; see DELTA (Cf. delta) + OID (Cf. oid) …
5deltoid — [del′toid΄] adj. [Gr deltoeidēs: see DELTA & OID] 1. shaped like a delta; triangular: see LEAF 2. designating or of a large, triangular muscle which covers the shoulder and raises the arm away from the side n. the deltoid muscle …
6Deltoid muscle — Delts redirects here. For the fraternity, see Delta Tau Delta. Deltoid muscle Deltoid muscle …
7Deltoid — The muscle, roughly triangular in shape, that stretches from the clavicle (collarbone) to the humerus, the upper bone of the arm. It is contracted to move the arm away from the side of the body. * * * Resembling the Greek letter delta (Δ);… …
8deltoid — I. noun Etymology: New Latin deltoides, from Greek deltoeidēs shaped like a delta, from delta Date: circa 1681 a large triangular muscle that covers the shoulder joint and serves to raise the arm laterally II. adjective Date: circa 1753 1. having …
9deltoid — del·toid || deltɔɪd n. shoulder muscle which raises arm, deltoid muscle (Anatomy); kite, quadrilateral geometrical form having two pairs of equal sides where each pair consists of adjacent sides (Geometry) adj. of the deltoid muscle;… …
10deltoid — adj. & n. adj. triangular; like a river delta. n. (in full deltoid muscle) a thick triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and used for raising the arm away from the body. Etymology: F deltoiumlde or mod.L deltoides f. Gk deltoeides (as… …