单词 | cuboid |
释义 | cuboidadj.n. A. adj. Resembling a cube; of a form approximating to that of a cube; cuboidal; spec. in cuboid bone (os cuboides), one of the bones of the foot, between the calcaneum and the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of foot > [noun] navicular?a1425 metatarsus?c1425 heel bone1516 astragalus?1541 bonket1552 cube-bone1615 die-bone1634 os calcis1634 foot bone1658 tarsus1676 pterna1684 talus1684 navicular bone1696 astragal1728 calcaneum1728 cuboid bone1829 cuboid1836 metatarsal1837 metapodium1844 tarso-metatarsal1851 arch1858 intermedium1878 tarsal1881 the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > cube > cuboid squarea1475 rectangular?a1560 diced1671 boxed1798 cuboidal1803 cuboid1829 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cuboides, the seventh Bone of the Tarsus of the Foot.] 1829 J. Bell Anat. Hum. Body (ed. 7) 73 The place and effect of the cuboid bone is very curious. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 147 Fish..characterized by sharp projecting cheeks, and cuboid heads. B. n. 1. Anatomy. Short for cuboid bone at sense A.: see cubo- comb. form. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of foot > [noun] navicular?a1425 metatarsus?c1425 heel bone1516 astragalus?1541 bonket1552 cube-bone1615 die-bone1634 os calcis1634 foot bone1658 tarsus1676 pterna1684 talus1684 navicular bone1696 astragal1728 calcaneum1728 cuboid bone1829 cuboid1836 metatarsal1837 metapodium1844 tarso-metatarsal1851 arch1858 intermedium1878 tarsal1881 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 340/1 Bounded on the outside by the cuboid. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 113 The Calcaneum articulates with the..cuboid in front. 2. A cuboidal block or lump. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > cube or cuboid > cube-shaped object or piece cube1626 quadrel1686 quadrangle1853 cuboid1883 1883 Midland Echo 5 Apr. 3/1 He purchased..two cuboids of nitro-glycerine. 3. Geometry. A solid resembling a cube, with the rectangular faces not all equal; a rectangular parallelepiped. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [noun] > cube or cuboid cube1556 cuboid1890 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional > prism > cube or cuboid cube1556 cuboid1890 1890 R. B. Hayward Elem. Solid Geom. 78 Cuboids..on the same base are to one another as their heights. Note. The need of some short word in the place of the polysyllabic ‘rectangular parallelepiped’ has been long felt. I have coined the word ‘cuboid’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1829 |
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