MATHEMATICS A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z                    HOME ABOUT CATEGORIES SITE MAP COPYRIGHT ADVERTISE CONTACT entire Web this site cube Borg cube from Star Trek 1. The Platonic solid that has a square for every one of its six faces; it also has 12 edges and eight vertices (corners). The 60' × 30' × 30' Double Cube Room of Wilton House (the seat of the Earl of Pembroke), near Salisbury, is considered, together with the Single Cube Room of the same domicile, among the finest surviving rooms in England from the mid-seventeenth century. A favorite with film-makers, it has provided locations for Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick, The Madness of King George, and Sense and Sensibility. 2. To cube something is to raise it to the power of three. The result of cubing is a cube number: 13 = 1, 23 = 8, 33 = 27, and so on. To take the cube root is the reverse process; thus, 4 cubed (43) is 64 and the cube root of 64 is 4. For cube dissection problems, see Hadwiger problem, Slothouber-Graatsma puzzle, and Soma cube. Related entries    • tesseract    • Prince Rupert's problem Related category    • MATHEMATICS Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History Transport Concepts & Designs (partner site) BACK TO TOP