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cuneiform
(encz) | cuneiform,klínové písmo n: Zdeněk Brož |
cuneiform
(encz) | cuneiform,klínový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cuneiform
(gcide) | Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\ (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\
(k?"n?-f?rm), a. [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F.
cunei-forme. See Coin.]
1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied
to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient
Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.
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2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped
characters, or the inscriptions in them. "A cuneiform
scholar." --Rawlinson.
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Cuneiform
(gcide) | Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, n.
1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and
Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
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2. (Anat.)
(a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first,
second third metatarsals. They are usually designated
as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform,
mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
(b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the
ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
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cuneiform
(wn) | cuneiform
adj 1: shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal,
cuneiform]
2: of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped
bones)
n 1: an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and
Persia |
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cuneiform
(encz) | cuneiform,klínové písmo n: Zdeněk Brožcuneiform,klínový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cuneiform bone
(encz) | cuneiform bone, n: |
Entocuneiform
(gcide) | Entocuneiform \En`to*cu*ne"i*form\, Entocuniform
\En`to*cu"ni*form\, n. [Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.)
One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.
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Mesocuneiform
(gcide) | Mesocuneiform \Mes`o*cu*ne"i*form\, Mesocuniform
\Mes`o*cu"ni*form\, n. [Meso- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.)
One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
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cuneiform
(wn) | cuneiform
adj 1: shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal,
cuneiform]
2: of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped
bones)
n 1: an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and
Persia |
cuneiform bone
(wn) | cuneiform bone
n 1: a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate
and lunate bones [syn: triquetral, triquetral bone, {os
triquetrum}, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone] |
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