Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cube
IPA transcription: [kj'ub]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cube, regular_hexahedron
    Meaning: a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
  • Synonyms: block, cube
    Meaning: a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cube
    Meaning: raise to the third power
Usage examples
  • The time of revolution varies as the square of the cube root of the distance (Kepler's third law).
  • The connection is this, that if one compares the distance of the different planets from the sun with the length of time they take to go round him, the cube of the respective distances is proportional to the square of the corresponding times.