cuboid
[ kyoo-boid ]
/ ˈkyu bɔɪd /
adjective
Also cu·boi·dal.
resembling a cube in form.
Anatomy.
noting or pertaining to the outermost bone of the distal row of tarsal bones.
noun
Mathematics.
a rectangular parallelepiped.
Anatomy.
the cuboid bone.
Origin of cuboid
OTHER WORDS FROM cuboid
sub·cu·boid, adjective sub·cu·boi·dal, adjectiveWords nearby cuboid
Example sentences from the Web for cuboidal
Granite having a cuboidal and rude columnar structure, Land's End, Cornwall.
A Manual of Elementary Geology |Charles Lyell.It is lined by an epithelium which here consists of a single layer of columnar 17 or cuboidal cells with large nuclei.
Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator |Albert M. Reese
British Dictionary definitions for cuboidal
cuboid
/ (ˈkjuːbɔɪd) /
adjective Also: cuboidal (kjuːˈbɔɪdəl)
shaped like a cube; cubic
of or denoting the cuboid bone
noun
the cubelike bone of the foot; the outer distal bone of the tarsus
maths
a geometric solid whose six faces are rectangles; rectangular parallelepiped
Medical definitions for cuboidal
cuboid
[ kyōō′boid′ ]
adj.
Having the approximate shape of a cube.
n.
A tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, articulating in front with the calcaneus and lateral cuneiform, and behind with the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.