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to cube

1 7.1

To multiply a number by itself twice

verb
/kjuːb/

Specialized

: elevar al cubo

So to undo the cube root, that means I need to cube both sides.

And then to undo the cubing, you'd have to take the cube root.

Examples

So step one is to cube both sides to get rid of that outside cube root.
Now I want to what I want to do with it, I want to cube it in order to find the volume cubed.
27 is 3 cubed.

Mozart and the Whale (2005)
To find the volume of the cube, you need to cube the length of one side.
When you cube a number, you multiply it by itself two more times.
Make sure to cube each term in the equation before solving it.

Compounds

ice cube

34 1.0

A small square piece of frozen water used to cool drinks

bouillon cube

1 3.0

A small cube of strong meat or vegetable stock you dissolve in hot water to make soup

cube root

Specialized

1 3.9

A number that when multiplied by itself twice gives a given number

stock cube

1 3.0

A small cube of dried broth that adds flavor to soups and stews

Surface Forms

cube infinitive

cubed past

cubed past participle

cubing present participle

cubes third person singular

Etymology

To cube a number as a verb comes from the shape cube because you are making the 'three-dimensional' effect in numbers by multiplying a number by itself twice, so to cube a number is to raise it to the third power.