cube
cube is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
- 2.To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- divide
- fold
- into
- leash
- part
- place
- power
- root
- shamrock
- tern
- ternary
- ternion
- tertiary
- the
- third
- thirdly
- three
- threefold
- thrice
- tierce
- treble
- trebleness
- trebly
- trefoil
- trey
- triad
- triangle
- triangular
- trichotomous
- trichotomy
- tricuspid
- trident
- tridentate
- tridentiferous
- trifid
- trifoliate
- triform
- trifurcate
- trigon
- trigonal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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