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cubitus |
cubless |
cubo-octahedral |
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cuboid
| cuboid bone
| cuboidal
| cuboidal cell
| cuboidal epithelial cell
| cuca
cuboid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cuboid has 1 sense
- cuboid(n = noun.shape) Array - a rectangular parallelepiped; Array is a kind of parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon
Adjective cuboid has 1 sense
- cuboid(s = adj.all) cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cubiform, cuboidal - shaped like a cube; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
cuboid, a. [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. .].
Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cuboid, adj. & n.
--adj. cube-shaped; like a cube.
--n.
1 Geom. a rectangular parallelepiped.
2 (in full cuboid bone) Anat. the outer bone of the tarsus.
--adj. cube-shaped; like a cube.
--n.
1 Geom. a rectangular parallelepiped.
2 (in full cuboid bone) Anat. the outer bone of the tarsus.
Derivative
cuboidal adj.
Etymology
mod.L cuboides f. Gk kuboeides (as CUBE)
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