Cube

(noun.) a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) the product of three equal terms.

(noun.) a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces.

(verb.) raise to the third power.

(verb.) cut into cubes; 'cube the cheese'.

贝弗莉录入

• The square of 9 is passed lightly over as only a step towards the cube. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Those who spoke of justice as a cube, of virtue as an art of measuring (Prot. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The number of the interval which separates the king from the tyrant, and royal from tyrannical pleasures, is 729, the cube of 9. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Sometimes this breaking and grinding is done in Mexico, but the duty on ground dried chicle is five cents per pound more than upon cube chicle. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The second (Greek), a cube of the same root, is described as 100 multiplied (alpha) by the rational diameter of 5 diminished by unity, i. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and even square and cube root can be performed on the abacus, and in the hands of a skilled operator considerable speed can be obtained. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Old problems like squaring the circle, trisec ting the angle, and doubling the cube, were now attempted in a new spirit and with fresh vigor. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Kindergarten employments are calculated to give information regarding cubes, spheres, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In the Vacuum Pan process tiny cubes of salt are formed and settle to the bottom of the pan in which a vacuum has been created. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The cubes are broken by a large steam hammer into irregular-shaped pieces weighing from a few ounces to a pound. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Unlike the other two common methods of making salt, it forms tiny salt flakes instead of the usual cubes or lumps. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Thus we have (48 + 5 + 27) 100 = 1000 x 2 cubed. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The terms will then be 3 cubed, 4 cubed, 5 cubed, which together = 6 cubed = 216. 柏拉图. 理想国.

校对:莎娜