Cuniform

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
        [1913 Webster] Cuneiform