[kyoob] 
noun, verb, cubed, cub⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
[kyoo-bey] | any of several tropical plants of the legume family that are used in making fish poisons and insecticides. |
[kyoo-bey] .cube (kyōōb)  (click for larger image in new window) n.
[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.] |
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
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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.
[The Jargon File]
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).
| cube cubicle |