Found 3 items, similar to Cuneiform.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: cuneiform tulisan-tulisan paku
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cuneiform cuneiform adj 1: shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal] 2: of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) cuneiform n : an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cuneiform 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. “A cuneiform scholar.” --Rawlinson. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] ||