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In [[geometry (nonfiction)]], a '''cube''' is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex.
[[File:Hexahedron.jpg|250px|thumb|Cube, also known as a hexahedron.]]In [[geometry (nonfiction)]], a '''cube''' is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex.
 
== Description ==


The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids and has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices.
The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids and has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices.
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It has cubical or octahedral symmetry.
It has cubical or octahedral symmetry.
== In the News ==
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File:Polyhedra.jpg|link=Polyhedron (nonfiction)|Representative group of [[Polyhedron (nonfiction)|polyhedron]] apologize for not including cube.
File:Woman teaching geometry circa 1309.jpg|link=Geometry (nonfiction)|Women geometers first to ask [[Geometry (nonfiction)|geometry]] how it feels.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[The Boxes]] - a [[Supervillain (nonfiction)]].


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]]


== Fiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==


* [http://wiki.karljones.com/index.php?title=Cube Cube] @ wiki.karljones.com
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube Cube] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube Cube] @ Wikipedia



Latest revision as of 12:17, 20 November 2016

Cube, also known as a hexahedron.

In geometry (nonfiction), a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex.

The cube is the only regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids and has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices.

The cube is also a square parallelepiped, an equilateral cuboid and a right rhombohedron.

It is a regular square prism in three orientations, and a trigonal trapezohedron in four orientations.

The cube is dual to the octahedron.

It has cubical or octahedral symmetry.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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