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Cube Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cube: block \| dice \| regular hexahedron \| square block \| third power Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cube: 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 Cube In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Cube Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

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Cube In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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