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立方
lì fāng
Meaning
- cube (math.)
Definition
立方体；三次方；指立方米、立方厘米等单位。
Cube; third power; refers to units such as cubic meter, cubic centimeter.
Usage
用于表示立方体的形状或体积单位，也可表示一个数的三次方。
Used to describe the shape of a cube or volume units, also can indicate the third power of a number.
Examples
- 1 这个盒子是一个立方体，每条边长10厘米。 (This box is a cube, each side is 10 centimeters long.)
- 2 计算水池的体积，需要长乘宽乘高，单位是立方米。 (To calculate the volume of the pool, multiply length by width by height, the unit is cubic meters.)
- 3 2的立方等于8。 (The cube of 2 is 8.)
- 4 这个立方体冰块重约1千克。 (This cubic ice cube weighs about 1 kilogram.)
- 5 立方米是测量体积的常用单位。 (Cubic meter is a common unit for measuring volume.)
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