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cuboid 1. the cubelike bone of the foot; the outer distal bone of the tarsus 2. Maths a geometric solid whose six faces are rectangles; rectangular parallelepiped cuboid [′kyü‚bȯid] (anatomy) The outermost distal tarsal bone in vertebrates. (invertebrate zoology) Main vein of the wing in many insects, particularly the flies (Diptera). (mathematics) (science and technology) Nearly cubic in shape. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This pre-eminence as a writer, or more specifically compiler, rather than practitioner, is duly confirmed by his own building endeavours which were few in number and quickly dumbed down from the Czech-inspired white cuboids of Torilla and Shangri-La into a workaday bricky pragmatism of quite stunning banality, with flat roofs that began leaking soon after completion. |
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