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cube /ˈkjub/
立方形,立方體;立方,3次冪
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Cube 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; 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cubed p. pr. & vb. n. Cubing.] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
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cube
n 1: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular
sides [syn: block]
2: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: regular
hexahedron]
3: the product of three equal terms [syn: third power]
4: 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: a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube [syn: square
block]
v 1: raise to the third power
2: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: dice]