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Meanings of cube in English

Russian
3-гиперкуб
Portuguese
cubo
Spanish
cubo
Catalan
cub
Wikidata

A three-dimensional polyhedron, bounded by six square sides of equal size; one of the five Platonic solids.

3-гиперкуб
Russian
куб
Portuguese
cubo
Spanish
cubo
Catalan
cub

Number raised to the third power.

Related terms
куб
Catalan
bloc
Spanish
cubo

A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.

bloc
Spanish
cubo

A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.

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Synonyms
Examples for "block"
Examples for "block"
1
See that new cell block they're building right beside the golf course?
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
2
This silver block with attached chain is a good case in point.
The South African
3
However, block liner trains, which are booked by individual companies, will continue.
The Irish Times
4
Further controls allow people to block particular tracking systems while allowing others.
Reuters
5
On Sunday Austria's foreign minister threatened to block EU negotiations with Turkey.
Reuters
Usage of cube in English
1
We see the principle of the cube exemplified in the animal kingdom.
Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
2
He stopped when he saw the sugar cube being handed his way.
The marrowbone marble company
3
M-mode echocardiographic left ventricular mass was calculated using the Penn cube convention.
Pubmed
4
I crouched near the heating cube, turning its conductive power to maximum.
The Hyperion Cantos
5
Before them in the room appeared a cube that was obviously copper.
Invaders from the Infinite
6
I took a glass and a sugar cube and murmured my thanks.
The ayatollah begs to differ
7
For many of us, solving a Rubik's cube is pretty much impossible.
Radio NZ
8
Now, the square and the cube are both important and significant symbols.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry / Illustrating and Explaining Its S...
9
It was basically a cube, about ten meters long on each side.
Ready Player One
10
OK, cube roots are tough, so let's just get a rough value.
Wired
11
The technician who would move Mei's mind into the cube was young.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
12
The phnobe stopped reading and carefully placed the cube on the floor.
The dark side of the sun
13
On the screen, she now saw a rotating cube, turning in space.
The Lost World
14
Unperceived by the eye, the cube began to thaw and to swell.
The Created Legend
15
Your cube should now look as it does in the image below.
The South African
16
It takes half a dozen goblins to turn on a glow cube.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident