Cube
Cube (kūb) , noun
[French cube, Latin cubus, from Greek {not transcribed} a cube, a cubical die.]
1.
(Geometry) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
2.
(Mathematics) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
Collocations (3)
Cube ore (Mineralogy) , pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color.
Cube root (Mathematics) , 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 (Mineralogy) , anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
Cube (kūbd) , transitive verb
To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.