'Cube' definitions:
Definition of 'cube'
From: WordNet
noun
A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: cube, regular hexahedron]
noun
A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides [syn: block, cube]
noun
The product of three equal terms [syn: cube, third power]
noun
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
noun
A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube [syn: cube, square block]
verb
Raise to the third power
verb
Cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: cube, dice]
Definition of 'Cube'
From: GCIDE
- Cube \Cube\ (k[=u]b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. ???? a cube, a cubical die.]
- 1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cube'
From: GCIDE