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cuboid

American  
[kyoo-boid] / ˈkyu bɔɪd /

adjective

  1. Also cuboidal resembling a cube in form.

  2. Anatomy. noting or pertaining to the outermost bone of the distal row of tarsal bones.

noun

  1. Mathematics. a rectangular parallelepiped.

  2. Anatomy. the cuboid bone.

cuboid British  
/ ˈkjuːbɔɪd /

adjective

  1. shaped like a cube; cubic

  2. of or denoting the cuboid bone

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noun

  1. the cubelike bone of the foot; the outer distal bone of the tarsus

  2. maths a geometric solid whose six faces are rectangles; rectangular parallelepiped

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Etymology

Origin of cuboid

First recorded in 1700–10, cuboid is from the Greek word kyboeidḗs cubelike. See cube 1, -oid

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