Synonyms of the word cuneus


CUNEUSTRIANGLE - TRIGON - TRILATERAL - WEDGE

cuneus

  • n. (anatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
  • n. (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman…

triangle

  • n. (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
  • n. (US, Canada) A set square.
  • n. (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one…
  • n. (cue sports) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required…
  • n. A love triangle.
  • n. (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
  • n. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
  • n. (historical) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers…

trigon

  • n. (geometry, rare) A triangle.
  • n. An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music…
  • n. (astrology) A division consisting of three signs.
  • n. (astrology) A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
  • n. An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
  • n. (zoology) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.

trilateral

  • adj. Having three sides.

wedge

  • n. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered…
  • n. A piece (of food, etc.) having this shape.
  • n. (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting…
  • n. (figuratively) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
  • n. (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted…
  • n. (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
  • n. A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
  • n. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
  • n. (colloquial, Britain) A quantity of money.
  • n. (typography, US) háček.
  • n. (phonetics) The IPA character <ʌ>, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
  • n. (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
  • n. (meteorology) a wedge tornado.
  • v. To support or secure using a wedge.
  • v. To force into a narrow gap.
  • v. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
  • v. (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
  • n. (Britain, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical…

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