Meaning of CUBE
| Pronunciation: | | kyoob
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- [n] a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
- [n] 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
- [n] the product of three equal terms
- [n] a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- [n] a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- [v] raise to the third power
- [v] cut into cubes; "cube the cheese"
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| | Synonyms: | | block, dice, regular hexahedron, square block, third power |
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| | See Also: | | block, cut, dice, die, genus Lonchocarpus, goldbrick, ice cube, ideal solid, Lonchocarpus, multiply, number, Platonic body, Platonic solid, quadrate, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron, solid, subshrub, suffrutex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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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] 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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a cube in your dream, symbolizes material possessions and earthly things. It may also be a metaphor for "being square" or being too conservative. |
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