"cuboidal" meaning in English

See cuboidal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cuboidal.wav Forms: more cuboidal [comparative], most cuboidal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl Etymology: From cuboid + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cuboid|al}} cuboid + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} cuboidal (comparative more cuboidal, superlative most cuboidal)
  1. Resembling a cube
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  2. (geometry) Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-cuboidal-en-adj-5NM76MXz Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  3. (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped).
    Sense id: en-cuboidal-en-adj-Ly9iahlP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 13 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 0 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cuboidal bone, cuboidal epithelium, cuboidally, noncuboidal, subcuboidal Related terms: spheroidal
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