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noun

a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.

an object, either solid or hollow, having this form or a form approximating it: a cube of cheese; plastic storage cubes.

sugar cube.

flashcube.

Mathematics. the third power of a quantity, expressed as a³ = a·a·a.

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Informal. cubic inch, especially as a measure of the displacement of an automotive engine: a new sports car with 350 cubes.

Slang. one of a pair of dice; die.

Slang. a person who is unaware of or unfamiliar with current ideas, opinions, trends, etc.; square.

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verb (used with object)

to make into a cube or cubes.

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to cut into cubes.

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Mathematics. to raise to the third power.

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to measure the cubic contents of.

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to tenderize (a thin cut or slice of meat) by scoring the fibers in a pattern of squares.

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a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, the operator

a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, such as x in the relation y = 3x

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English cubus < Latin < Greek kýbos cube, die

Related forms

cub·er, noun

Example Sentences

Old-fashioned and a little mysterious, the cube steak is suddenly one of the hottest cuts of beef in the country.

Each morning, the president starts the cube rotating to start up the university for the day.

There are theoretical arguments that the size of a legislature should proportional to the cube root of the number of voters.

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Old-fashioned and a little mysterious, the cube steak is suddenly one of the hottest cuts of beef in the country.

Each morning, the president starts the cube rotating to start up the university for the day.

There are theoretical arguments that the size of a legislature should proportional to the cube root of the number of voters.

Turbine power generation is proportional to the cube of wind speed.

Figure out the answers on every side of this crossword cube.

Cut and cube the mango for this salsa at home and then stash it in your cooler.

As a result, the size of the typical cube has been getting smaller.

Correct way: lightly flour cube steaks and brown in a frying pan before placing them in the bottom of the crock pot.

They were then shown a cube and a sphere and asked which was which.

Guess how many organisms you'll find in a cube of soil or sea.

The boat thunked against a truck-sized ice cube and redirected through a small opening between bergs.

Watch a piece of charcoal catch fire and see what happens when a cube of gelatin is dropped on a flat surface.

He grabs a pen and paper and sketches a rough cube with two cats.

The stereotype of programming in a cube is long gone.

Add a dimension, and the drop-off would be an inverse cube.

Remove the frozen baby food from the ice cube trays and place it in the labeled freezer bags.

Their degree of irrelevancy is equal only to the cube of their asinine stupidity.

The little cube has four slots, each of which can take its.

But there are much easier bread stuffings where all you have to do is cube the bread in advance.

Guess how many creatures you'll find in a cube of soil or sea.

The images end at a room filled wall-to-wall by a giant white cube.

Cube turkey, saute in a big pan on top of the stove with a little olive oil.

If you do not have a thermometer, test oil with a cube of bread-it should turn golden in under two minutes.

Each stone is a thick cube ten centimeters deep, wide, and long.

Every cube is cut to the same size and the sea air is drying it into dense bricks, ready to be thrown onto a living room fire.

Wilson writes about the surprising number of organisms you'll find in a cube of soil or sea.

The small bedroom she keeps for herself lacks personal touches, except for a plastic photo cube on her nightstand.

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noun

any of several tropical plants of the legume family that are used in making fish poisons and insecticides.

Also, cu·bé

[kyoo-bey] .

Origin:
1920–25; origin uncertain

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World English Dictionary

cube¹ (kjuːb)

—n
1.	a solid having six plane square faces in which the angle between two adjacent sides is a right angle
2.	the product of three equal factors: the cube of 2 is 2 × 2 × 2 (usually written 2³)
3.	something in the form of a cube: a bath cube

—vb
4.	to raise (a number or quantity) to the third power
5.	(tr) to measure the cubic contents of
6.	(tr) to make, shape, or cut (something, esp food) into cubes
7.	(US), (Canadian) (tr) to tenderize (meat) by scoring into squares or by pounding with a device which has a surface of metal cubes

[C16: from Latin cubus die, cube, from Greek kubos]

'cuber¹

—n

cube² (ˈkjuːbeɪ)

—n
1.	any of various tropical American plants, esp any of the leguminous genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone
2.	an extract from the roots of these plants: a fish poison and insecticide

[American Spanish cubé, of unknown origin]

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Word Origin & History

cube

1550s, from L. cubus, from Gk. kybos "a cube, a die, vertebra," from PIE base *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." The verb is 1580s in the mathematical sense; 1947 with meaning "cut in cubes."

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Science Dictionary

cube (ky

b) Pronunciation Key
Verb To multiply a number or a quantity by itself three times; raise to the third power. For example, five cubed is 5 × 5 × 5.

Noun

The product that results when a number or quantity is cubed. For example, the cube of 5 is 125.
A solid having six equal square faces or sides.

Slang Dictionary

cube definition

[kjub]

n.
a very squareperson. : This nerd was the most unbelievable cube you have ever seen.
n.
a die, one of a pair of dice. (Usually in the plural.) : She shook the cubes, saying, “Baby needs shoes!”
n.
a sugar cube impregnated with LSD. (Drugs. Often in the plural.) : First they took it on cubes. Then on little bits of paper.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

Cube definition

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]

cube definition

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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Abbreviations & Acronyms

cube
cubicle