Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cube"
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) 1.7 (wn)
cube
n 1: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular
sides [syn: {block}]
2: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: {regular
hexahedron}]
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: a block 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}]
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