Cuboid
ક્યુબોઇડ
definition
noun
Reykjavik buildings, especially, seem to be total shapes: pyramids, prisms, intersecting glass and copper cuboids .
a solid that has six rectangular faces at right angles to each other.
The anterior process of the calcaneus is a saddle-shaped bony protuberance that articulates with the cuboid .
a squat tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, articulating with the heel bone and the fourth and fifth metatarsals.
adjective
the school was a hideous cuboid erection of brick and glass
more or less cubic in shape.
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It is a tall 'cuboid' volume wrapped in slate which actually sits in the pool, its dark, enigmatic mass giving the disarming impression of floating on water.
The tarsals of giraffes consist of only four bones: calcaneum, astragulus, fused navicular and 'cuboid' , fused cuneiforms.
They designed a contemplative 'cuboid' acoustic space made of a lattice of timber elements creating an enclosure that breathes yet insulates the inhabitants from the outside world.
Cytologic evaluation of the brushing material demonstrated clusters of small 'cuboid' cells consistent with an endometrial origin.
It cuts the cuboid sulcus and the 'cuboid' bone.
In the middle was an empty coffin, a 'cuboid' altar, and a table decked with chalice, knife, and holy scourge.
They describe the pedestal as an intentionally incomplete 'cuboid' .
There are 'cuboid' watermelons and giant tomatoes, as well as little vignette inserts punctuating the picture - a fruit fly, a strand of human DNA, a repulsive overbred lapdog framed in a prize-winning blue rosette.
Other bus drivers, allocated the lesser job of driving some characterless new red 'cuboid' , waved at our driver with unconcealed jealousy.
Using 22 welded tubular steel cubes each measuring 3 x 3 x 3 m to support an aluminium walkway, he elaborates on the basic concept of linked 'cuboid' forms.
Has anyone commented on just how 'cuboid' his head is before?
Ankara State Security Court is a vast, 'cuboid' slab of concrete.
Arthur half-slid, half-scrambled through the stainless steel 'cuboid' towards the warm light.
From basement to attic, the house was designed down to its last detail: from the hand-stencilled walls, wallpapers and latticed panelling, to curtains and carpets, fitted furniture, china and 'cuboid' planters.
On a basic level, the destruction of these austere 'cuboid' monoliths on our skyline has provoked us to reflect on what buildings mean.
The crisp, 'cuboid' geometry of the new parts forms a stage set for the daily dramas and intimacies of workplace life.
Beige PCs look like they have a long and healthy life ahead of them, just as long as Intel and the others don't start developing 'cuboid' cases all of a sudden.
The adjacent space is for the most part consumed by Black Stone, an enormous 'cuboid' construction constructed from strips of tyre nailed to an armature.
A neighborhood of such severe 'cuboid' houses would probably feel sterile and lifeless.
I slept along with the locals in perfect safety on the roof of a 'cuboid' house.
The anterior process of the calcaneus is a saddle-shaped bony protuberance that articulates with the 'cuboid' .
Even if the shape of animal teeth is unfamiliar, a roughly 'cuboid' or distinctly conical structure with a covering of hard mineral and what could feasibly be roots is likely to be a tooth.
As the medial side of the 'cuboid' and the lateral side of the ectocuneiform are eroded, the fit between the two specimens cannot be fully assessed.
She actively asks the viewer to join in, inviting people to place objects from handbags and pockets into the 'cuboid' structures she has built.
The foot can be divided into three anatomic regions: the hindfoot or rearfoot (talus and calcaneus); the midfoot (navicular bone, 'cuboid bone' , and three cuneiform bones); and the forefoot (metatarsals and phalanges).
Reykjavik buildings, especially, seem to be total shapes: pyramids, prisms, intersecting glass and copper 'cuboids' .
The tumor cells were elongated and had the appearance of plump endothelial cells in the outer portion of the nests, while they attained 'cuboidal' to polygonal epithelioid contours near the center.
As the cyst matures and moves posteriorly through the germarium, somatic cells move to surround each cyst to form a single-layered 'cuboidal' epithelium.
He didn't know how long he had been standing there, stacking the 'cuboids' one on top of the other.
The carpals are 'cuboidal' and highly specialized.
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