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• cuneiform —    An early form of writing developed by the Sumerians perhaps between 3500 and 3000 B.C. The earliest examples were discovered in the ruins of the city of Uruk. Whether or not it originated there, after its introduction cuneiform writing rapidly …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• CuneiForm (software) — CuneiForm Original author(s) Cognitive Technologies Developer(s) Cognitive Technologies Stable release 1.1 / April 19, 2011; 6 months ago (2011 04 19) …   Wikipedia

• cuneiform bone — n 1) any of three small bones of the tarsus situated between the navicular and the first three metatarsals: a) one on the medial side of the foot that is just proximal to the first metatarsal bone and is the largest of the three bones called also …   Medical dictionary

• Cuneiform — Cu*ne i*form, Cuniform Cu ni*form, n. 1. The wedge shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cuneiform — (adj.) 1670s, wedge shaped, from Fr. cunéiforme (16c.), from L. cuneus a wedge, wedge shaped thing, of unknown origin, + Fr. forme (see FORM (Cf. form) (n.)). Applied to characters in ancient Middle Eastern inscriptions made with wedge shaped… …   Etymology dictionary

• Cuneiform script — Infobox Writing system name=Cuneiform type=Logographic typedesc=and syllabic languages=Akkadian, Eblaite, Elamite, Hattic, Hittite, Hurrian, Luwian, Sumerian, Urartian time=ca. 30th century BCE to 1st century CE fam1=(Proto writing) children=Old… …   Wikipedia

• cuneiform — /kyooh nee euh fawrm , kyooh nee euh /, adj. 1. having the form of a wedge; wedge shaped. 2. composed of slim triangular or wedge shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and… …   Universalium

• cuneiform writing — System of writing employed in ancient times to write a number of languages of the Middle East. The original and primary writing material for cuneiform texts was a damp clay tablet, into which the scribe would press a wedge shaped stroke with a… …   Universalium

• Cuneiform (anatomy) — Bone: Cuneiform (anatomy) Bones of the right foot. Dorsal surface. Gray s subject #63 270 There are three cun …   Wikipedia

• CUNEIFORM —    A system of writing in which a cut reed stylus is pressed into soft clay to leave a wedgelike imprint (Latin cuneus). It was invented in Mesopotamia in the late fourth millennium B.C. Different versions of cuneiform writing were used to write… …   Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia

• cuneiform bones — three bones in the tarsus the lateral (external), intermediate (middle), and medial (internal) cuneiform bones that articulate respectively with the first, second, and third metatarsal bones in front. All three bones articulate with the navicular …   Medical dictionary