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cuboid
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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