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单词 cuboid
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cuboidadj.n.

Brit. /ˈkjuːbɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈkjubɔɪd/
Etymology: modern < Greek κυβοειδής cube-like: in modern Latin cuboīdes, French cuboïde.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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