cube : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cube	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for cube
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cube n a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: cube, regular hexahedron] a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides Synonym(s): block, cube the product of three equal terms Synonym(s): cube, third power 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 a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube Synonym(s): cube, square block v raise to the third power cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" Synonym(s): cube, dice
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cube \Cube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cubed} (k?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubing}.] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
cube n. 1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Cube Three-dimensional visual language for higher-order logic. "The Cube Language", M. Najork et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on Visual Langs, Oct 1991, pp.218-224. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
cube 1. [short for "cubicle"] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).