cuboidal

adj

Etymology

From cuboid + -al.

Definitions

  1. Resembling a cube.

    • The alveolar cells are cuboidal in shape.
    • 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. Of, pertaining to, or having the shape of a cuboid.

    • A cuboidal block was formed.
  3. Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the…

    Of or pertaining to an epithelium with cells whose height and width are approximately the same (cube shaped).

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