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1. (n.) cube
a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
2. cube
an object, either solid or hollow, having or approximating this form:
a sugar cube; plastic storage cubes.
3. cube
the third power of a quantity, expressed as a3=a&xtimes;a&xtimes;
a.
4. cube
Slang. one of a pair of dice; die.
5. (v.t.) cube
to make into a cube or cubes.
6. cube
to cut into cubes.
7. cube
to raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.
8. cube
to measure the cubic contents of.
9. cube
to tenderize (meat) by scoring the fibers in a pattern of small squares.
10. (n.) cube
any of several tropical plants used in making poisons.
Etymology: (1920–25; orig. uncert.)
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| Definition of 'cube' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cube, regular hexahedron
a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
2. (noun) block, cube
a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
3. (noun) cube, third power
the product of three equal terms
4. (noun) cube
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
5. (verb) cube, square block
a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
6. (verb) cube
raise to the third power
7. (verb) cube, dice
cut into cubes
"cube the cheese"
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1. (noun) cube
a small block of substance, usually food
ice/sugar cubes; Cut the meat into cubes.
2. cube
a shape with six equal square sides
***Measure the volume of the cube.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cube
a regular solid body, with six equal square sides
2. (noun) cube
the product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4
3. (verb) cube
to raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. cube
1. [short for ‘cubicle’] A module in the open-plan
offices used at many programming shops. “I've got the manuals in my
cube.” 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).
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Sense: a solid body having six equal square faces.
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 Afrikaans: kubus, blokkie |
 Arabic: مُكْعَب |
 Bulgarian: куб |
 Brazilian: cubo |
 Czech: krychle |
 German: der Würfel |
 Danish: terning |
 Greek: κύβος |
 Spanish: cubo |
 Estonian: kuup, kuubik |
 Farsi: مکعب |
 Finnish: kuutio |
 French: cube |
 Hebrew: קוּבִּיָה |
 Hindi: घन |
 Croatian: kocka |
 Hungarian: kocka |
 Indonesian: kubus |
 Icelandic: teningur |
 Italian: cubo |
 Japanese: 立方体 |
 Korean: 정육면체 |
 Lithuanian: kubas |
 Latvian: kubs |
 Malay: kiub |
 Dutch: kubus |
 Norwegian: terning, kubus |
 Polish: sześcian |
 Persian: مکعب |
 Pashto: مکعب |
 Portuguese: cubo |
 Romanian: cub |
 Russian: куб |
 Slovak: kocka |
 Slovenian: kocka |
 Serbian: kocka |
 Swedish: kub |
 Thai: ลูกบาศก์ |
 Turkish: küp |
 Taiwanese: 立方體 |
 Ukrainian: куб |
 Urdu: مكعب |
 Vietnamese: hình khối |
 Chinese: 立方体 |
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