'Deltoid' definitions:
Definition of 'deltoid'
From: WordNet
adjective
Triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
noun
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]
Definition of 'Deltoid'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Deltoid'
From: GCIDE
- Deltoid \Del"toid\, n. [see deltoid, a.] the deltoid muscle. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'deltoid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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