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noun
A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
any shape that is triangular in cross section
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wedge, wedge shape
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Broader terms: triangle, trigon, trilateral
History
Learned borrowing from Latin cuneus. Doublet of coign and coin.
Across languages
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