cube root
a quantity of which a given quantity is the cube: The cube root of 64 is 4.
Origin of cube root
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How to use cube root in a sentence
Ethel's mind was in too irritated and tumultuous a state for her to derive her usual solace from cube root.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeDoes a knowledge of botany necessarily involve a knowledge of square root and cube root?
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 | VariousI feel a great deal prouder when I've finished a sum in cube root, because I simply hate arithmetic.
The New Girl at St. Chad's | Angela BrazilWhitewashing a fence is quite as hard work as solving a problem in decimals or cube root.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. PearsonIn the presence of even such a simple truth as cube root he stands helpless and enthralled.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. Pearson
British Dictionary definitions for cube root
the number or quantity whose cube is a given number or quantity: 2 is the cube root of 8 (usually written ³√ 8 or 8 1⁄3)
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Scientific definitions for cube root
The number whose cube is equal to a given number. For example, the cube root of 125 is 5, since 53 = 125.
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