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cube root

noun Mathematics.
  1. a quantity of which a given quantity is the cube: The cube root of 64 is 4.

Origin of cube root

First recorded in 1690–1700
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Examples from the Web for cube root

Historical Examples of cube root

  • How many litres of champagne can be extracted from the cube-root of one turnip?

    This Giddy Globe

    Oliver Herford

  • Adieu, beloved grammar; and farewell, most fragrant extract of cube-root, as well as birch-oil.

  • I'd rather have let cube-root go and have kept more of my imagination.

    August First

    Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews and Roy Irving Murray

British Dictionary definitions for cube root

cube root

noun
  1. 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 in Science

cube root

  1. The number whose cube is equal to a given number. For example, the cube root of 125 is 5, since 53 = 125.
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