cuneiform

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Communicationscuneiformcu‧nei‧form /ˈkjuːnifɔːm, ˈkjuːni-əfɔːm $ kjuːˈniːəfɔːrm/ adjective TCrelating to the writing used by the people of ancient Mesopotamia —cuneiform noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuscuneiform• This makes them closer to the kana, Vai, Yi, cuneiform, and hieroglyphic systems.• In addition to the cuneiform inscriptions of Old Persian, there was also a closely related liturgical language known as Avestan.• There is evidence that the Babylonians were using sine tables, recorded in cuneiform symbols on clay tablets, long before Hipparchus.• The more systematic arrangement of the cuneiform symbols was largely the creation of Western scholars.Origin cuneiform (1600-1700) Probably from French cunéiforme, from Latin cuneus “wedge” + French -iforme “-iform”; from the shape of the letters

单词	cuneiform
释义	cuneiform From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Communicationscuneiformcu‧nei‧form /ˈkjuːnifɔːm, ˈkjuːni-əfɔːm $ kjuːˈniːəfɔːrm/ adjective TCrelating to the writing used by the people of ancient Mesopotamia —cuneiform noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuscuneiform• This makes them closer to the kana, Vai, Yi, cuneiform, and hieroglyphic systems.• In addition to the cuneiform inscriptions of Old Persian, there was also a closely related liturgical language known as Avestan.• There is evidence that the Babylonians were using sine tables, recorded in cuneiform symbols on clay tablets, long before Hipparchus.• The more systematic arrangement of the cuneiform symbols was largely the creation of Western scholars.Origin cuneiform (1600-1700) Probably from French cunéiforme, from Latin cuneus “wedge” + French -iforme “-iform”; from the shape of the letters
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