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
- 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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