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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:
1700–10; < Greek kyboeidḗs cubelike. See cube¹, -oid

Related forms

sub·cu·boid, adjective

sub·cu·boi·dal, adjective

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cuboid (ˈkjuːbɔɪd)

—*adj*
1.	shaped like a cube; cubic
2.	of or denoting the cuboid bone

—n
3.	the cubelike bone of the foot; the outer distal bone of the tarsus
4.	maths a geometric solid whose six faces are rectangles; rectangular parallelepiped

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Word Origin & History

cuboid

"cube-like," 1829, a modern coinage as if from Gk. kuboeides.

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cuboid cu·boid (ky&oomacr;'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.

cu·boi'dal (ky&oomacr;-boid'l) adj.

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