cube
cube (kyo̵̅o̅b)
noun
- a solid with six equal, square sides
- anything having more or less this shape an ice cube
- the product obtained by multiplying a given number or quantity by its square; third power the cube of 3 is 27 (3 × 3 × 3)
Etymology: Fr < L cubus < Gr kybos, a cube, die, vertebra < IE base *keu(b)-, to bend, turn > hip, hive, L cubare, to lie down
☆ cube (kyo̵̅o̅′bā, ko̵̅o̅′-)
noun
Etymology: < Sp quibey < native name
Preposition: of
- meat: Both anglers fished the jungle with stepped up float tackle fishing cubes of luncheon meat over a bed of pellets.
Converse of object
- crumble: Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes then add the tahini paste and crumbled stock cube and mix well.
- interlock: The hands-on interlocking cubes mean even the youngest children can build words for themselves.
- dissolve: If not dissolve a chicken stock cube in half a cup of water and pour that into the bowl.
- rotate: Or perhaps you have accomplished nothing more than rotate an ice cube?
Adjective modifier
- n-dimensional: N-dimensional cubes, including program code to generate them.
- 1cm: Drain, cool and peel, then cut into 1cm cubes.
- painted: He described it as a white, painted concrete cube of about 40cm side with a brass plaque screwed on to the top face.
- three-dimensional: Thus for each pixel in the three-dimensional data cube, there is a separate velocity value stored for the pixel center position.
- 3d: Great 3D laser cubes are made by directing a single laser beam through a crystal block to an exact point.
Modifies a noun
- frame/slide: BB is very good now at that little tykes cube frame/slide.
- octahedron: See the notes for the net of a cube to see how to print this net and make your own cube octahedron.
- tray: Freeze in ice cube trays or on thin baking trays, break up & store in bags in freezer.
- root: That is, in general, a complex number should have 3 cube roots.
Noun used with modifier
- doubling: The doubling cube is used to record the current amount of the stake.
- ice: Freeze in ice cube trays or on thin baking trays, break up & store in bags in freezer.
- oxo: His tail is made of an oxo cube box and the tummy is a Barbie box.
- rubics: Trying to improve search engine rankings is just like a rubics cube.
- bouillon: I tried a bouillon cube dissolved in hot water.
- rockwool: The plants are propagated in a rockwool cube then grown on in a rockwool slab.
Architecture is an art which is basically geometrical. The cube is the basis of architecture because the right angle is necessaryöthe steps of a staircase consist of vertical and horizontal planes and the corners of rooms are nearly always right angles.We need right angles. 542
To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denominationabovethesecond isimpossible, and Ihave assuredly found anadmirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it.
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