Cube

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cube
    n 1: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: {cube},
         {regular hexahedron}]
    2: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular
       sides [syn: {block}, {cube}]
    3: the product of three equal terms [syn: {cube}, {third power}]
    4: any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus
       Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison
       and commercially as a source of rotenone
    5: a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube [syn: {cube},
       {square block}]
    v 1: raise to the third power
    2: cut into cubes; "cube the cheese" [syn: {cube}, {dice}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cube \Cube\ (k[=u]b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. ???? a
   cube, a cubical die.]
   1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
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   2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or
      quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64,
      the cube of 4.
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   {Cube ore} (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes
      in cubes of a green color.

   {Cube root}. (Math.), the number or quantity which,
      multiplied into itself, and then into the product,
      produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27,
      for 3x3x3 = 27.

   {Cube spar} (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cube \Cube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cubed} (k[=u]bd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Cubing}.]
   To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
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from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

cube
 n.

   1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the open-plan offices used at
   many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube."

   2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Cube

   Three-dimensional visual language for higher-order logic.

   "The Cube Language", M. Najork et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on
   Visual Langs, Oct 1991, pp.218-224.

   [{Jargon File}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

cube

   1. [short for "cubicle"] A module in the open-plan offices
   used at many programming shops.  "I've got the manuals in my
   cube."

   2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube).