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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, the triangular lobule on the median surface of the cerebrum, bounded by the parieto-occipital and calcarine fissures. See
cerebrum . - noun In entomology, a triangular part of the hemielytrum found in certain heteropterous insects, inserted like a wedge on the outer side between the corium and the membrane.
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- noun any shape that is triangular in cross section
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This first writing system, cuneiform -- from the Latin word cuneus, for wedge -- was invented by the region's first powerful culture, the non-Semitic Sumerians, during the fourth millennium BC.
Chicago Reader 2010
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The cuneus is a wedge-shaped area between the calcarine fissure and the medial part of the parietoöccipital fissure.
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Their copies of the old text were reprinted in every land and by the middle of the nineteenth century, the cuneiform language (so called because the letters were wedge-shaped and "cuneus" is the Latin name for wedge) had given up its secrets.
Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations Hendrik Willem Van Loon 1913
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Archaeologists call this first writing "cuneiform," from the Latin "cuneus," meaning wedge.
Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
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Maledicat illum cuneus martyrum et confessorum mirificus, qui Deo bonis operibus placitus inventus est. os
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Maledicat illum cuneus martyrum et confessorum mirificus, qui Deo bonis operibus placitus inventus est. os
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There were also some further internal arrangements, for Augustus separated married from unmarried men, and assigned a separate cuneus to youths, near whom their tutors were stationed.
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Appendix: a supplementary or additional piece or part, added to or attached to another: in Heteroptera; = cuneus, q.v. Appress - ed: to press against; closely applied to.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Embolium: Heteroptera; the narrow sclerite extending along the anterior margin of the hemelytra, from base to cuneus or membrane: the lobes on each side of the prothorax: the special enlargement at the base of the primaries which fits into a cavity in which the wing is moved.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Thence the Latin _cuneus_, from _cune_ or _kyn_, the head.
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