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What is the difference between cubicle and cube?

cubicle | cube |

As nouns the difference between cubicle and cube

is that cubicle is a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room while cube is a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

As a verb cube is

to raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

cubicle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room.
    • Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.
  • A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
  • A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.

    • cube

    English

    (wikipedia cube)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  • Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
    • a sugar cube
    a stock cube
  • (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
    • the cube of 2 is 8
  • (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
    • Synonyms
    * regular hexahedron (rare) * (object in the form of a cube) block, brick, die, square block * (number raised to the third power) third power
    Hypernyms
    * hexahedron, cuboid

    Verb

    (cub)
  • (arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
    • Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven.
  • To form into the shape of a cube.
  • To cut into cubes.
    • Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
  • (UK) to use a Rubik's cube.
    • He likes to cube now and then.
    Synonyms
    * (to cut into cubes) dice

    Related terms

    * cubic * cubical * cuboid * cubism * cubist

    Derived terms

    * bath cube * bouillon cube * cube candle * cube out * cube root * cube steak * cube van * cubiform * hypercube * ice cube * Rubik's cube * snub cube * stock cube * sugar cube

    See also

    * line segment * square * tesseract

    Etymology 2

    Clipped form of (cubicle) (with intentional reference to their common shape per ), which from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
    • My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube .

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