About The Word Cuneiform
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Cuneiform
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What's The Definition Of Cuneiform?
[n] an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
[adj] (anatomy) of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) [adj] shaped like a wedge Synonyms | Synonyms for Cuneiform: cuneal | wedge-shaped Related Terms | Find terms related to Cuneiform: arrowhead | character | cuneate | cuneated | deltoid | demotic character | determinative | grammalogue | hieratic symbol | hieroglyph | hieroglyphic | hieroglyphics | hiragana | ideogram | ideograph | kana | katakana | logogram | logograph | ogham | oxygonal | phonetic | phonetic symbol | pictogram | pictograph | radical | rune | shorthand | triangular | trigonal | trilateral | wedge | word letter See Also | Babylonian | orthography | writing system Cuneiform In Webster's Dictionary \Cu*ne"i*form\ (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\
(k?"n?-f?rm), a. [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F.
cunei-forme. See {Coin}.]
1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied
to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient
Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See {Arrowheaded}.
2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped
characters, or the inscriptions in them. ``A cuneiform
scholar.'' --Rawlinson.
\Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, n. 1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or {ectocuniform}, {mesocuniform}, and {entocuniform}, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also {pyramidal} and {ulnare}. |
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