cuboid

[ kyoo-boid ]

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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

First recorded in 1700–10, cuboid is from the Greek word kyboeidḗs cubelike. See cube¹, -oid

Other words from cuboid

sub·cu·boid, adjective
sub·cu·boi·dal, adjective

Words Nearby cuboid

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How to use cuboid in a sentence

Cuboids can be put together to make larger displays, with the largest thus far consisting of 6 cuboids and a corresponding 144,000 voxels.
This Huge Hologram-Like 3D Display Is Made of Thousands of Tiny LED Lights | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | April 5, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Each cuboid has a volume of three cubic meters and contains 24,000 voxels.
This Huge Hologram-Like 3D Display Is Made of Thousands of Tiny LED Lights | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | April 5, 2021 | Singularity Hub
In the tarsus the cuboid articulates with both the calcaneum and the astragalus, which is remarkably flat.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
Two sesamoid bones are usually developed below each metatarso-phalangeal joint, and one below the cuboid.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
In all mammals the tibiale and intermedium fuse to form the astragalus, and the fourth and fifth tarsalia to form the cuboid.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds

The cuboid always articulates with the astragalus, and the tarsal bones strongly interlock.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
The tarsal bones have the regular Subungulate arrangement, the cuboid not articulating with the astragalus.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for cuboid

cuboid

/ (ˈkjuːbɔɪd) /

adjectiveAlso: 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

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