cuneate vs cuneiform

cuneate

adj
  • wedge-shaped. 

  • having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base. 

  • wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base. 

cuneiform

adj
  • Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end. 

  • Written in the cuneiform writing system. 

noun
  • An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets. 

  • A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone. 

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