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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

cube
    n 1: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: cube,
         regular hexahedron]
    2: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular
       sides [syn: block, cube]
    3: the product of three equal terms [syn: cube, third power]
    4: 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: a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube [syn: cube,
       square block]
    v 1: raise to the third power
    2: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: cube, dice]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cube \Cube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cubed (k[=u]bd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Cubing.]
   To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cube \Cube\ (k[=u]b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. ???? a
   cube, a cubical die.]
   1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
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   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.
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   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.
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4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

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).

5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

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]

6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

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).

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