deltoid Synonyms
Another word for deltoid
• noun (Context 1)
A large, thick, triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint that serves to raise and rotate the arm laterally away from the body.
"Overhead presses and lateral raises are effective exercises for strengthening the deltoids."
• adjective (Context 2)
Triangular in shape, resembling the uppercase Greek letter delta (Δ), especially describing botanical leaves or anatomical structures.
"The cottonwood tree is easily identified in summer by its glossy, triangular leaves that flutter in the slightest breeze."
• noun (Context 3)
In geometry, a non-convex plane figure with three cusps formed by a point on the circumference of a circle rolling inside another circle of three times its radius; also, a convex kite-shaped quadrilateral with two pairs of adjacent equal sides.
"In advanced geometry class, the students calculated the area enclosed by a three-cusped tricuspoid curve."