"cuboidal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cuboidal.wav [US] Forms: more cuboidal [comparative], most cuboidal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl Etymology: Etymology tree English cube Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English cuboid Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English cuboidal From cuboid + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cuboid|-al|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cube Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English cuboid Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. 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  1. Resembling a cube.
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  2. (geometry) Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid.
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  3. (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped). Coordinate_terms: squamous, columnar
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Derived forms: cuboidal bone, cuboidal epithelium, cuboidally, noncuboidal, subcuboidal Related terms: spheroidal
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