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Definitions for: Cube
[n] a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
[n] any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
[n] the product of three equal terms
[n] a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
[n] a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
[v] raise to the third power
[v] cut into cubes; "cube the cheese"
Webster (1913) Definition: Cube (k?b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. ???? a cube, a
cubical die.]
1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or
quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64,
the cube of 4.
Cube ore (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes
in cubes of a green color.
Cube root. (Math.), the number or quantity which,
multiplied into itself, and then into the product,
produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27,
for 3x3x3 = 27.
Cube spar (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
Cube, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cubed (k?bd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Cubing.]
To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
Synonyms: block, dice, regular hexahedron, square block, third power
See Also: block, cut, dice, die, genus Lonchocarpus, goldbrick, ice cube, ideal solid, Lonchocarpus, multiply, number, Platonic body, Platonic solid, quadrate, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron, solid, subshrub, suffrutex
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