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cube

6 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
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} (Min.), 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} (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
cube
     n 1: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: {regular
          hexahedron}]
     2: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular
        sides [syn: {block}]
     3: the product of three equal terms [syn: {third power}]
     4: 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: something in the (approximate) shape of a cube [syn: {square
        block}]
     v 1: raise to the third power
     2: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: {dice}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]
cube n.  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).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]
Cube
   Three-dimensional visual language for higher-order logic.
   "The Cube Language", M. Najork et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on
   Visual Langs, Oct 1991, pp.218-224.
   [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]
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).

cube

6 entries found.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
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} (Min.), 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} (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]
cube
     n 1: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: {regular
          hexahedron}]
     2: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular
        sides [syn: {block}]
     3: the product of three equal terms [syn: {third power}]
     4: 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: something in the (approximate) shape of a cube [syn: {square
        block}]
     v 1: raise to the third power
     2: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: {dice}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]
cube n.  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).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]
Cube
   Three-dimensional visual language for higher-order logic.
   "The Cube Language", M. Najork et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on
   Visual Langs, Oct 1991, pp.218-224.
   [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]
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).