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Webster 1913 Edition
Cube
Cube
(kūb)
, Noun.
[F.
cube
, L. cubus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a cube, a cubical die.] 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 4Cube 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
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cubed
(kūbd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cubing
.] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cube
CUBE
,Noun.
1.
In geometry, a regular solid body, with six equal sides, and containing equal angles.2.
In arithmetic, the product of a number multiplied into itself, and that product multiplied into the same number; or it is formed by multiplying any number twice by itself; as, 4 times 4 = 16, and 16 times 4 = 64, the cube of 4.The law of the planets is, that the squares of the times of their revolutions are in proportion to the cubes of their mean distances.
Cube root, is the number or quantity, which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the cube; or which, twice multiplied into itself, produces the number of which it is the root; thus, 3 is the cube root or side of 27, for 3 times 3 = 9, and 3 times 9 = 27.