cuneus

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Synonyme

wedge shape

wedge

cuneate lobe

Übersetzungen

falca

coin

cunha

Etymologie (Englisch)

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