Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Mathematics A regular solid having six congruent square faces.
- noun Something having the general shape of a cube.
- noun A cubicle, used for work or study.
- noun Mathematics The third power of a number or quantity.
- noun Slang Cubic inches. Used especially of an internal combustion engine.
- transitive verb Mathematics To raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.
- transitive verb To determine the cubic contents of.
- transitive verb To form or cut into cubes; dice.
- transitive verb To tenderize (meat) by breaking the fibers with superficial cuts in a pattern of squares.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To raise to the cube or third power. See
cube , n., 2. - To measure the cubic capacity of a hollow object, like that of a skull.
- noun In geometry, a regular body with six square faces; a rectangular parallelopiped, having all its edges equal.
- noun In arithmetic and algebra, the product obtained by multiplying the square of a quantity by the quantity itself; the third power of a quantity: as, 4 × 4 × 4 = 64, the cube of 4; a is the cube of a, or x of x.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
- noun (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
- noun (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor.
- noun (Min.) pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color.
- noun (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.
- noun (Min.) anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cubicle , especially one of those found in offices. - noun geometry A
regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. - noun Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- noun mathematics The third
power of anumber ,value ,term or expression. - noun computing A
data structure consisting of athree-dimensional array ; adata cube - verb transitive, arithmetic To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
- verb transitive To form into the shape of a cube.
- verb transitive To cut into cubes.
- verb UK to use a
Rubik's cube .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- noun a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- noun the product of three equal terms
- verb cut into cubes
- verb raise to the third power
- 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 a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As you can see in the pictures attached below this design looks like a cube, but this cube is a table with four chair that you have to drag whenever needed.
SG Blocks Container House – Made of Shipping Containers 2009
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DeadHorseBeater: your example about the cube is almost exactly why I hold the position I do.
Moral Intuition Poll 2005
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The cube is a very good example because the cube inspire people, and that's what you can see, the cube is part of the new type of geometrical puzzles, mechanical puzzles, what we call twisty puzzles.
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Then an extreme close up of a sugar cube is about to fall in the cup of coffee.
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The cube is a very good example because the cube inspire people, and that's what you can see, the cube is part of the new type of geometrical puzzles, mechanical puzzles, what we call twisty puzzles.
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The cube is a very good example because the cube inspire people, and that's what you can see, the cube is part of the new type of geometrical puzzles, mechanical puzzles, what we call twisty puzzles.
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PERSON_B: My cube is all silent now as it smokes its cigarette.
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Wow, between this and the hangover cures, I see that folks in cube farms nationwide are really Getting Things Done.
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The suspended cube is made of a metallic structure covered with wooden panels and the entire home is covered in white to add to its modern look.
Beautiful New Series of Wooden Furniture from Valentin Löllmann 2009
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The cube is a very good example because the cube inspire people, and that's what you can see, the cube is part of the new type of geometrical puzzles, mechanical puzzles, what we call twisty puzzles.
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