cuneiform : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cuneiform	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cuneiform
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuneiform adj shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform] of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) n an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuneiform \Cune"iform\ (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cuniform \Cu"niform\ (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. [bd]A cuneiform scholar.[b8] --Rawlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuneiform \Cune"iform\, 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}.