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cube
noun
1 cube
A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces.
synonym: regular hexahedron.
Roget 244:
angularity,
angularness†;
aduncity†;
angle,
cusp,
bend;
fold
etc.
258;
notch
etc.
257;
fork,
bifurcation.
elbow,
knee,
knuckle,
ankle,
groin,
crotch,
crutch,
crane,
fluke,
scythe,
sickle,
zigzag,
kimbo†,
akimbo.
corner,
nook,
recess,
niche,
oriel [Arch.],
coign†.
right angle
etc.
(perpendicular)
216.1,
212;
obliquity
etc.
217;
angle of 45 degrees,
miter;
acute angle,
obtuse angle,
salient angle,
reentering angle,
spherical angle.
angular measurement,
angular elevation,
angular distance,
angular velocity;
trigonometry,
goniometry;
altimetry†;
clinometer,
graphometer†,
goniometer;
theodolite;
sextant,
quadrant;
dichotomy.
triangle,
trigon†,
wedge;
rectangle,
square,
lozenge,
diamond;
rhomb,
rhombus;
quadrangle,
quadrilateral;
parallelogram;
quadrature;
polygon,
pentagon,
hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon,
oxygon†,
decagon.
pyramid,
cone.
Platonic bodies;
cube,
rhomboid;
tetrahedron,
pentahedron,
hexahedron,
octahedron,
dodecahedron,
icosahedron,
eicosahedron;
prism,
pyramid;
parallelopiped;
curb roof,
gambrel roof,
mansard roof.
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Dutch: derde macht, regelmatig zesvlak, hexaëder, kubus
Polish: heksaedr, sześcian foremny, sześcian
2 cube
A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
synonym: block.
Polish: blok
3 cube
The product of three equal terms.
synonym: third power.
Roget 92:
Triality†,
trinity;
triunity†.
three,
triad,
triplet,
trey,
trio,
ternion†,
leash;
shamrock,
tierce†,
spike-team [U.S.],
trefoil;
triangle,
trident,
triennium†,
trigon†,
trinomial,
trionym†,
triplopia†,
tripod,
trireme,
triseme†,
triskele†,
triskelion,
trisula†.
third power,
cube;
cube root.
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Dutch: derdemacht
Polish: sześcian
4 cube
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 cube
A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.
synonym: square block.
Dutch: tablet
verb
1 cube
2 cube
Cut into cubes:
— Cube the cheese.
synonym: dice.
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