cube
three-dimensional solid object bounded by the same six square sides
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Summary
cube ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,906 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: Platonic solid[2], hypercube[3], zonohedron[4], trigonal trapezohedron[5], rhombohedron[6], rectangular cuboid[7], quadrilateral prism[8], three-dimensional object[9], hexahedron[10]
- Commons category: Cube[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cubes[12]
- Depicted by: cubical graph[13], Minecraft[14], Portal[15]
- Has facet polytope: square[16]
- Dual to: regular octahedron[17]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- Has characteristic: volume[23], surface area[24], Dehn invariant[25], sphericity[26]
- Has vertex figure: equilateral triangle[27]
- Different from: cube[28], dice[29], cube number[30]
- Has part(s) of the class: vertex[31], edge[32], face[33]
- Schläfli symbol: {4,3}[34]
- Base: square[35], equilateral triangle[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[38]
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Influence
Things named for cube include cubism[39], an art movement[40], in France[41], founded in 1907[42]; 2K12 Kub[43], a combat vehicle family[44]; and cubane[45], a type of chemical entity[46].
Why It Matters
cube has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] cube is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for cube include cubism[39], an art movement[40], in France[41], founded in 1907[42]; 2K12 Kub[43], a combat vehicle family[44]; and cubane[45], a type of chemical entity[46].