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cube

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo?ob, IPA(key): /kju?b/
  • (US) enPR: kyo?ob, IPA(key): /kjub/
  • Rhymes: -u?b

Noun

cube (plural cubes)

  1. (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
  3. (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
  4. (computing) 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
Synonyms
  • (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): regular hexahedron (rare)
  • (object in the form of a cube): block, brick, die, square block
  • (number raised to the third power): third power
Hypernyms
  • (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): hexahedron, cuboid
Translations

Verb

cube (third-person singular simple present cubes, present participle cubing, simple past and past participle cubed)

  1. (transitive, arithmetic) 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. (Britain) to use a Rubik's cube.
Synonyms
  • (to cut into cubes): dice
Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cubic
  • cubical
  • cuboid
  • cubism
  • cubist

See also

  • line segment
  • square
  • tesseract

Etymology 2

Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (a small bedchamber or lounge), from cubare (to lie down).

Noun

cube (plural cubes)

  1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
    My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.
Translations

Anagrams

  • Cebu

French

Etymology

From Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek ????? (kúbos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kyb/

Noun

cube m (plural cubes)

  1. cube (all senses)
  2. third-grader

Adjective

cube (plural cubes)

  1. cubic

Verb

cube

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cuber
  2. third-person singular present indicative of cuber
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cuber
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cuber
  5. second-person singular imperative of cuber

Further reading

  • “cube” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ube

Adjective

cube f

  1. feminine plural of cubo

Latin

Noun

cube

  1. vocative singular of cubus

Portuguese

Verb

cube

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cubar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cubar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cubar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cubar

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dissect

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (to cut asunder, cut up), from dis- (asunder) + secare (to cut); see section.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??s?kt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /d??s?kt/, /da??s?kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)

  1. (transitive) To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
  2. (transitive) To study a plant or other organism's anatomy similarly.
  3. (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
  4. (transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.
    Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.
  5. (transitive, pathology) Of an infection or foreign material, following the fascia separating muscles or other organs.

Related terms

  • dissection

Translations

Further reading

  • dissect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • dissect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • dissect at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • cestids

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