| n. | 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;
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| v. t. | 1. | To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. | |||||||||
| Noun | 1. | cube - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides Synonyms: block |
| 2. | cube - a hexahedron with six equal squares as facesSynonyms: regular hexahedron | |
| 3. | cube - the product of three equal terms Synonyms: third power | |
| 4. | cube - 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. | cube - a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube Synonyms: square block | |
| Verb | 1. | cube - raise to the third power |
| 2. | cube - cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" Synonyms: dice |
| 1. | 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. | ||
| 2. | cube - [short for "cubicle"] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." | ||
| 3. | cube - A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube). |
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