cube root : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cube root	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cube root
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cube root n a number that when multiplied three times equals a given number
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cube \Cube\ (k?b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] 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 4. {Cube 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.