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To calculate the volume of a cube, multiply the length of an edge of the cube by itself twice. The volume of this cube is 125 cubic feet.
cube
(kyo͞ob)n.
1. Mathematics A regular solid having six congruent square faces.
2.
a. Something having the general shape of a cube: a cube of sugar.
b. A cubicle, used for work or study.
3. Mathematics The third power of a number or quantity.
4. cubes Slang Cubic inches. Used especially of an internal combustion engine.
tr.v. cubed, cub·ing, cubes
1. Mathematics To raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.
2. To determine the cubic contents of.
3. To form or cut into cubes: The cook cubed some potatoes.
4. To tenderize (meat) by breaking the fibers with superficial cuts in a pattern of squares.
cub′er n.
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cube
(kjuːb)n
1. (Mathematics) a solid having six plane square faces in which the angle between two adjacent sides is a right angle
2. (Mathematics) the product of three equal factors: the cube of 2 is 2 × 2 × 2 (usually written 23)
3. something in the form of a cube: a bath cube.
vb
4. (Mathematics) to raise (a number or quantity) to the third power
5. (Mathematics) (tr) to measure the cubic contents of
6. (tr) to make, shape, or cut (something, esp food) into cubes
7. (Cookery) (tr) US and Canadian to tenderize (meat) by scoring into squares or by pounding with a device which has a surface of metal cubes
[C16: from Latin cubus die, cube, from Greek kubos]
ˈcuber n
cube
(ˈkjuːbeɪ)n
1. (Plants) any of various tropical American plants, esp any of the leguminous genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone
2. (Biochemistry) an extract from the roots of these plants: a fish poison and insecticide
[American Spanish cubé, of unknown origin]
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cube1
(kyub)n., v. cubed, cub•ing. n.
1. a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
2. an object, either solid or hollow, having or approximating this form: a sugar cube; plastic storage cubes.
3. flashcube.
4. the third power of a quantity, expressed as a3=axax a.
5. Slang. one of a pair of dice; die.
v.t. 6. to make into a cube or cubes.
7. to cut into cubes.
8. to raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.
9. to measure the cubic contents of.
10. to tenderize (meat) by scoring the fibers in a pattern of small squares.
[1350–1400; Middle English cubus < Latin < Greek kýbos cube, die]
cub′er, n.
cu•be2
or cu•bé
(ˈkyu beɪ, kyuˈbeɪ)n., pl. -bes or -bés.
any of several tropical plants used in making poisons.
[1920–25; orig. uncertain]
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cube
(kyo͞ob)Verb
To multiply a number or a quantity by itself three times; raise to the third power. For example, five cubed is 5 × 5 × 5.
Noun
1. The product that results when a number or quantity is cubed.
2. A solid having six equal square faces or sides.
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cube
Past participle: cubed
Gerund: cubing
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| Noun | 1. |  cube - a hexahedron with six equal squares as facesideal solid, Platonic body, Platonic solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron - any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent tesseract - the four-dimensional analogue of a cube quadrate - a cubelike object |
| 2. |  cube - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sidesgoldbrick - a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not solid - a three-dimensional shape | |
| 3. | cube - the product of three equal terms number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" | |
| 4. | 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 genus Lonchocarpus, Lonchocarpus - genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers | |
| 5. | cube - a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" dice, die - a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers ice cube - a small cube of artificial ice; used for cooling drinks | |
| Verb | 1. | cube - raise to the third power arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" |
| 2. | cube - cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
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Translations
مَكَعَّبمُكْعَبمُكعَب، تَكْعيبييَصوغ عَلى شَكْل مُكعَبيُكعـب
куб
kostkakrychlenakrájet na kostkytřetí mocninaumocnit na třetí
terningtredie potenskubiktalkubus
kubo
kuup
مکعب
kuutiokuutioida
kocka
köbköbre emelkocka
hefja í òriîja veldiskera í tengingateningurverpill, òríveldistala
立方体
정육면체
cubus
kubaskubinė šakniskubiniskubinis centimetraskubo formos
kubssagriezt kubiciņoskāpināt kubā
cub
kockaumocniť na tretiu
kockakub
kubtärnatärningblock
ลูกบาศก์
küpküpüküpünü almakkuşbaşı yapmak
hình lập phương
cube
[kjuːb]A. N
2. (= number) the cube of four → cuatro (elevado) al cubo
B. VT (Math) → cubicar, elevar al cubo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cube
[ˈkjuːb] n
(GEOMETRY) → cube m
[bread, cheese] → cube m; [meat] → petit morceau m ice cube, sugar cube
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cube
n
(= shape, object) → Würfel m
vt
cube
:cube root
n → Kubikwurzel f
cube sugar
n → Würfelzucker m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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cube
(kjuːb) noun1. a solid body having six equal square faces.
2. the result of multiplying a number by itself twice. The cube of 4 = 4 4 4 = 43 = 64.
verb1. to calculate the cube of (a number). If you cube 2, you will get the answer 8.
2. to make into a cube or cubes. She cubed the beef.
ˈcubic adjective shaped like a cube.
cube root the number of which a given number is the cube. The cube root of 64 is 4.
cubic centimetre abbreviation ( cc), metre etc the volume of, or the volume equivalent to, a cube whose sides measure one centimetre, metre etc. This jug holds 500 cubic centimetres.
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cube
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