To mark with an asterisk. Usage Note: The phonological phenomenon of metathesis involves the transposition of sounds or syllables in a word. Metathesis is responsible for the common rendering of ask as aks or ax. (This issue is discussed comprehensively at ax.) Similarly, one sometimes hears asterisk pronounced with the sk transposed to produce a (ks) sound, as though the word were spelled asterix or astericks.
Given an Euler brick with edges (a, b, c), the triple (bc, ac, ab) constitutes an Euler brick as well. Perfect cuboid Template:Unsolved A perfect cuboid (also called a perfect box) is an Euler brick whose body diagonal is also an integer.
/kwÉÉªn/) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. They exist in some cases to provide actual strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble and in other cases to make a feature of a corner, creating an impression of permanence and strength, and reinforcing the onlookerâs sense of a structureâs presence.tone quoins are used on stone or brick buildings. Brick quoins may appear on brick buildings that extrude from the facing brickwork in such a way as to give the appearance of uniformly cut blocks of stone larger than the bricks.