Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. · Any object more or less in the form of a cube. · The third power of a number, value, term or expression. · A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice. · To form into the shape of a cube. · To cut into cubes. · To use a Rubik's cube.
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").
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