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Cube
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Cube has 5 senses
- cube(n = noun.shape) regular hexahedron - a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces; Array is a kind of ideal solid, platonic body, platonic solid, regular convex polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular polyhedron
- cube(n = noun.shape) block - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; Array has particulars: goldbrick
- cube(n = noun.quantity) third power - the product of three equal terms; Array is a kind of number
- cube(n = noun.plant) Array - 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; Array is a member of genus lonchocarpus, lonchocarpus
- cube(n = noun.artifact) square block - a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube; Array is a kind of block
has particulars: tesseract, quadrate
Derived forms verb cube2, adjective cubical1, adjective cuboidal1
is a kind of solid
Derived forms verb cube2, adjective cubical1, adjective cuboidal1
Derived form verb cube1
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
has particulars: dice, die, ice cube
Derived form adjective cubical1
Verb Cube has 2 senses
- cube(v = verb.cognition) Array - raise to the third power; Array is one way to multiply
- cube(v = verb.contact) dice - cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" is one way to cut
Derived form noun cube3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun cube2, noun cube1
Sample sentence:
The chefs Cube the vegetables
CIDE DICTIONARY
Cube, n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. a cube, a cubical die.].
- A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. [1913 Webster]
- The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as,
4x4=16 , and16x4=64 , the cube of 4. [1913 Webster]
Cube, v. t.
To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Cube, n. & v.
--n.
1 a solid contained by six equal squares.
2 a cube-shaped block.
3 Math. the product of a number multiplied by its square.
--v.tr.
1 find the cube of (a number).
2 cut (food for cooking etc.) into small cubes.
--n.
1 a solid contained by six equal squares.
2 a cube-shaped block.
3 Math. the product of a number multiplied by its square.
--v.tr.
1 find the cube of (a number).
2 cut (food for cooking etc.) into small cubes.
Idiom
cube root the number which produces a given number when cubed.
Derivative
cuber n.
Etymology
F cube or L cubus f. Gk kubos
ROGET THESAURUS
Cube
Triality
N triality, trinity, triunity, three, triad, triplet, trey, trio, ternion, leash, shamrock, tierce, spike-team, trefoil, triangle, trident, triennium, trigon, trinomial, trionym, triplopia, tripod, trireme, triseme, triskele, triskelion, trisula, third power, cube, cube root, three, triform, trinal, trinomial, tertiary, ternary, triune, triarch, triadie, triple, tri-, tris-, tria juncta in uno.Triplication
VB treble, triple, triplicate, cube.Angularity
N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.
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