cuboidal

English

Etymology

From cuboid +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl

Adjective

cuboidal (comparative more cuboidal, superlative most cuboidal)

  1. Resembling a cube.
    The alveolar cells are cuboidal in shape.
    • 1958 September, Anthony A. Vickers, “The Winchburgh Shale Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 613:
      The Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.
  2. (geometry) Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid.
    A cuboidal block was formed.
  3. (microanatomy) Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped).
    Coordinate terms: squamous, columnar

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