cube root

American

noun

Mathematics.

a quantity of which a given quantity is the cube.

The cube root of 64 is 4.

cube root British

noun

the number or quantity whose cube is a given number or quantity: 2 is the cube root of 8 (usually written ³√ 8 or 8 ^1⁄3 )

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cube root Scientific

The number whose cube is equal to a given number. For example, the cube root of 125 is 5, since 5 ³ = 125.

Etymology

Origin of cube root

First recorded in 1690–1700

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cube root

Susan: No, the cube root of 2,197 is 14.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 25, 2020

The cube root then will be between 4 and 5.

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

More notably, 2017 is the smallest whole number whose cube root begins with ten distinct digits:

From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2017

Since we say that 2 is the cube root of 8.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

It is possible to square yourself without resorting to cube root.

From The New Pun Book by Brown, Thomas A.

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