cuneus

Significat (Anglès)

  1. A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
  2. A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
  3. One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.

Conceptes

Sinònims

wedge shape

cuneate lobe

Traduccions

Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin cuneus. Doublet of coign and coin.

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