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cubes

The correct spelling is cubes.

How to pronounce cubes

noun

IPA: /kjuːbz/

Say it like: Cub-es

The correct spelling is cubes. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. For example: "a stock cube"

Usage Examples

a stock cube

the cube of 2 is 8

Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  2. 2.Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
  3. 3.The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
  4. 4.A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
  5. 5.A Rubick's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube

verb

  1. 1.To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
  2. 2.To form into the shape of a cube.
  3. 3.To cut into cubes.
  4. 4.To use a Rubik's cube.

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