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Meaning of CUBOID

Pronunciation:  'kyooboyd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a rectangular parallelepiped
  2. [adj]  shaped like a cube
 
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 Synonyms: cubelike, cube-shaped, cubic, cubical, cubiform, cuboidal, three-dimensional
 
 See Also: parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cu"boid\ (k?"boid), a. [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. ???.]
(Anat.)
Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.
-- n. (Anat.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most
mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth
toes.
 

 

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