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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cuneiform \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cuneiform \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cuneiform adj : (anatomy) of or relating to the tarsal bones n : an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
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