cube

Examples

• All

• However, tidal forces go as the cube of the distance.

• And this ice cage can actually house 170 times the volume of gas into this cube of ice.

  Drain the Bermuda Triangle (2014)

• You have to double the cube of de Los.

  André Duqum

• Tidal forces go as the cube of a distance.

• The smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

  Proof (2005)

• "I poured the soup, threw an ice cube into each bowl, and stirred it around with my finger."

  Fiction book (1990)

• Basic formulas: area, circumference of a circle, volume of sphere, cube, rectangular solid, cylinder, etc.

  Academic text (1998)

• The volume of a cube is calculated by taking the length of one side and then raising it to the cube.

• The equation requires you to find the cube of three, which equals twenty-seven.

Synonyms

T

third power

vscube

• Specialized

1 3.8

A number multiplied by itself twice

is the same meaning but uses a single-word mathematical term

Compounds

I

ice cube

34 1.0

A small square piece of frozen water used to cool drinks

B

bouillon cube

1 3.0

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

C

cube root

• Specialized

1 3.9

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

S

stock cube

• UK

1 3.0

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

Surface Forms

Etymology