cube

substantivo

1. 1

   A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

   When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same.

2. 2

   Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

   A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.

3. 3

   The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

   The cube of 2 is 8.

   The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.

4. 4

   A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.

5. 5

   A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.

6. 6

   antiquadoAn extremely socially conventional or conservative person, more so than even a square.

7. 7

   Variante de cubic inch(es)informalClipping of cubic inch(es).

   As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds.

verbo

1. 1

   To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

   Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven.

   From this severe trial Mr. Nackybal emerged with distinction, having in his cubing made only twenty-five slight mistakes out of the forty-six cubes demanded, and in his rooting, out of the fifty-three extractions propounded, committed a mere matter of four trifling errors!

2. 2

   To form into the shape of a cube.

3. 3

   To cut into cubes.

   Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.

4. 4

   To use a Rubik's cube.

   He likes to cube now and then.

adjetivo

1. 1

   Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

   Beautiful peepshows with hand-coloured engravings by Martin Englebrecht, 1684-1756, were produced in Augsburg about 1740. The box, about six inches cube, contained slots to take four cut-out scenes, the front of the box had another cut-out, and the back was painted with a landscape, making six 'curtains' in all.

substantivo

1. 1

   A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

   My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.

Formas

plural

cubes

pretérito

cubed

particípio passado

cubed

gerúndio

cubing

3.ª pessoa do singular

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