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cube

1  [kyoob] noun, verb, cubed, cub⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
2. an object, either solid or hollow, having this form or a form approximating it: a cube of cheese; plastic storage cubes.
3. sugar cube.
4. flashcube.
5. Mathematics. the third power of a quantity, expressed as a3 = a⋅a⋅a.
6. Informal. cubic inch, esp. as a measure of the displacement of an automotive engine: a new sports car with 350 cubes.
7. Slang. one of a pair of dice; die.
8. Slang. a person who is unaware of or unfamiliar with current ideas, opinions, trends, etc.; square.
–verb (used with object)
9. to make into a cube or cubes.
10. to cut into cubes.
11. Mathematics. to raise to the third power.
12. to measure the cubic contents of.
13. to tenderize (a thin cut or slice of meat) by scoring the fibers in a pattern of squares.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME cubus < L < Gk kýbos cube, die

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cu⋅be

2  [kyoo-bey]
–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; orig. uncert.
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n.  
  1. Mathematics A regular solid having six congruent square faces.
    1. Something having the general shape of a cube: a cube of sugar.
    2. A cubicle, used for work or study.
  3. Mathematics The third power of a number or quantity.
  4. cubes Slang Cubic inches. Used especially of an internal combustion engine.
tr.v.   cubed, cub·ing, cubes
  1. Mathematics To raise (a quantity or number) to the third power.
  2. To determine the cubic contents of.
  3. To form or cut into cubes; dice.
  4. To tenderize (meat) by breaking the fibers with superficial cuts in a pattern of squares.

[Latin cubus, from Greek kubos. N., sense 2b, short for cubicle.]
cub'er n.
cu·bé also cu·be   (kyōō'bā', kyōō-bā')   
n.  Any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus in the pea family, whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone.

[American Spanish.]
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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.

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.
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Language Translation for : cube
Spanish: cubo,
German: der Würfel,
Japanese: 立方体
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cube

n.
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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cube 
1551, from L. cubus, from Gk. kybos "a cube, a die, vertebra," from PIE base *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." The verb is 1588 in the mathematical sense; 1947 with meaning "cut in cubes." Cubism first recorded 1911, from Fr. cubisme (1908).
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cube   (kyb)  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  
  1. The product that results when a number or quantity is cubed. For example, the cube of 5 is 125.
  2. A solid having six equal square faces or sides.

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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.
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cube
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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cube
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