Synonyms for cube

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kyoob

Phonetic Transcription : kyub

Définition of cube

Origin : 1550s, from Middle French cube (13c.) and directly from Latin cubus, from Greek kybos "a cube, a six-sided die, vertebra," perhaps from PIE root *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." Mathematical sense is from 1550s in English (it also was in the ancient Greek word: the Greeks threw with three dice; the highest possible roll was three sixes).

noun six-sided solid

Example sentences :

Professor Johnson placed the cube gently on the machine's platform.
Extract from : « Two Timer » by Fredric Brown

The square of any such number represents a surface, the cube a solid.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

Keep your eyes on me, for to look at the cube spells danger!
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various

The second cube came back unchanged, except that it was newer, shinier.
Extract from : « Hall of Mirrors » by Fredric Brown

I flicked the switch and opened the door, expecting to find the cube vanished.
Extract from : « Hall of Mirrors » by Fredric Brown

The scene in the cube flashed and coalesced, dazzling Lonnie's eyes for a moment.
Extract from : « Zero Data » by Charles Saphro

Thus the cube's outlines were not reconstructed; and, in effect, it had vanished.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

And the fact that the cube was still there, was perfectly obvious.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various

Let us take Fig. 101, which appears to be the perspective of a cube.
Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

To find the solidity of a sphere: Multiply the cube of the diameter by .5236.
Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

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