1.
[syn: deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with
the stem inserted at the middle of the base.
Deltoid muscle (Anat.), a large triangular muscle covering
the shoulder joint, which serves to raise the arm directly
upward.
[1913 Webster]
2. of or pertaining to the deltoid muscle.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deltoid \Del"toid\, n. [see deltoid, a.]
the deltoid muscle.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deltoid
adj 1: triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at
the apex
n 1: a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and
serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
[syn: deltoid, deltoid muscle, musculus deltoideus]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "deltoid":
centrifugal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneiform, delta-shaped, deltalike,
divaricate, divaricating, divergent, diverging, fan-shape,
fan-shaped, fanlike, fanned, fanning, flabelliform, flared,
flaring, open, outspread, outstretched, oxygonal, palmate,
palmated, patulous, splay, splayed, splaying, spraddled,
spraddling, sprangled, sprangling, sprawling, sprawly, spread,
spreading, stretched-out, three, three-cornered, three-dimensional,
three-footed, three-in-one, three-pronged, three-sided, triadic,
trial, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn,
tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, trifid, triflorate,
triflorous, trifurcate, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic,
trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, trinal, trine, triparted,
tripartite, triple, triplex, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous,
trisected, triune, unfolded, wide-open, widespread