cube

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
3. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
4. A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
5. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of cubic inch(es).

Verb

1. (transitive) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
2. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
3. (transitive) To cut into cubes.
4. (intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube.

Adj

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

Concepts

cube

morceau

élever au cube

dé

💀

hexaèdre

élever à la troisième puissance

pavé

cuber

dé à jouer

bloc

Opposé de

cube root

Synonymes

third power

dice

block

regular hexahedron

die

💀

cubic

square block

chunk

hexahedron

right parallelepiped

cube-like

raise to third power

cubes

cubical

hypercube

plaid

solid figure

storage capacity

six-sided solid

Lonchocarpus

Traductions

cubo

cubo

Würfel

💀

cubo

κύβος

Kubus

kubus

cub

küp

derde macht

cubus

dobbelsteen

blok

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kjuːb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).