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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

raiz cúbica

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁaˈiʒ ˈkubikɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cube root/kjub ruːt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A raiz cúbica de 27 é 3."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A number that, when multiplied by itself twice (cubed), gives the original number.

    "The cube-root of 27 is 3, since 3 × 3 × 3 equals 27."
  2. 2

    In mathematics, the operation of finding the cube root of a number.

    "To solve the equation, you need to perform the cube-root operation on both sides."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'cube', originating from the Greek 'kybos' via Latin 'cubus', denoting a regular solid body with six equal squares, and 'root', derived from Old Norse 'rót' and Old English 'wyrt', historically adopted in mathematics to represent a fundamental quantity that multiplies by itself to yield a specific value.

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