Cube /(kūb)/

Cube

n.
  1. A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. (Geom.)
  2. The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. (Math.)

Phrases & Compounds
Cube ore
pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color.
Cube root
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
anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.

Cube

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Cubed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cubing

  1. To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.