cube

[Cube]

In math, a cube is a number multiplied by itself three times. The cube of 2 is 8 (2 x 2 x 2). It is also a three dimensional shape where each of the six sides is a square or something shaped like a cube, such as an ice cube or meat cut into cubes).

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A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

Noun
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube

Noun
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

Noun
the product of three equal terms

Noun
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

Noun
a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

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Verb
raise to the third power

Verb
cut into cubes; "cube the cheese"


n.
A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

n.
The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.

v. t.
To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.


Cube

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 , 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 , anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.

Cube

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.

A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

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Usage Examples

The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process to product, and lacks individuality and openness. It's not that art should be seen only in rutty bombed-out environments, but it should seem alive.

You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have.

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Other Usage Examples

Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.

Frankly, the reason I joined MENSA is because I was dating a guy at the time who spoke five languages and could solve a Rubik's Cube literally with his eyes closed because it's just an algorithm.

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror.

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