Definition of Cuneiform. Meaning of Cuneiform. Synonyms of Cuneiform

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Cuneiform. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Cuneiform and, of course, Cuneiform synonyms and on the right images related to the word Cuneiform.

Definition of Cuneiform

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. 2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. ``A cuneiform scholar.' --Rawlinson.
Cuneiform
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.

Meaning of Cuneiform from wikipedia

- contains cuneiform script. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Cuneiform is a...
- Look up cuneiform in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cuneiform is an ancient writing system originating in Mesopotamia. Cuneiform (from the Latin word...
- There are three cuneiform ("wedge-shaped") bones in the human foot: the first or medial cuneiform the second or intermediate cuneiform, also known as the...
- The proto-cuneiform script (occasionally referred to as archaic cuneiform) was a system of proto-writing that emerged in Mesopotamia, eventually developing...
- In the human larynx, the cuneiform cartilages (from Latin: cuneus 'wedge' + forma 'form'; also known as cartilages of Wrisberg) are two small, elongated...
- Old Persian cuneiform is a semi-alphabetic cuneiform script that was the primary script for Old Persian. Texts written in this cuneiform have been found...
- The decipherment of cuneiform began with the decipherment of Old Persian cuneiform between 1802 and 1836. The first cuneiform inscriptions published in...
- Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform script is covered in three blocks in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP): U+12000–U+123FF Cuneiform U+12400–U+1247F Cuneiform Numbers...
- United States of America v. Approximately Four Hundred Fifty Ancient Cuneiform Tablets and Approximately Three Thousand Ancient Clay Bullae. As a result...
- A Cuneiform fracture is an injury of the foot in which one or more of the Cuneiform bones are fractured. The annual incidence of cuboid fracture is 1...