cube(kyoob), n.[L.cubus, fr. Gr. kubos a cube]
1. Geom. The regular solid of six equal square sides.
2. Math. The third power; the product got by taking a
number or quantity three times as a factor.
cubism (kyoobiz'm), n. A phase of postimpressionism which stresses
abstract form at the expense of other pictorial elements,
aiming, largely by the use of intersecting, often transparent,
cubes, cones, and other geometric solids, to produce a specific
aesthetic sensation rather than a representation of nature.
cubist(-ist), n. & adj.
