cube root
Inverse of cubing
A cube root is the number that, when multiplied by itself three times, produces a given number.
The cube root of 8 is 2, because 2 × 2 × 2 = 8.
Every number has exactly one real cube root, including negative numbers: The cube root of −27 is −3.
Symbol denoting root extraction
- radicandNumber under root symbol
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- surdUnutterable in ratios
- irrational numberNon-ratio real value
real number · exponentiation · power · factor · simplify · expression · equation · polynomial
Act of removing
- approximationNear but inexact value
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
- bisectionDivision into two equal parts
convergence · estimate · precision · decimal · digit · solve · simplify · rationalize
Amount of space filled
- three-dimensionalHaving volume and depth
- hexahedronSix-faced polyhedron
- polyhedronMulti-faced geometric solid
- tesseractFour-dimensional cubic solid
spatial · dimension · scaling · proportion
radical sign
Symbol denoting root extraction
irrational number · real number · exponentiation · power · factor · simplify · expression · equation · polynomial · coefficient
extraction
Act of removing
- approximationNear but inexact value
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- iterationRepeated procedural pass
bisection · convergence · estimate · precision · decimal · digit · solve · simplify · rationalize · calculator
volume
Amount of space filled
- three-dimensionalHaving volume and depth
- hexahedronSix-faced polyhedron
- polyhedronMulti-faced geometric solid
tesseract · spatial · dimension · scaling · proportion
- rootstaproot, prop roots, aerial roots, rootlet, radicle
- radicalsradical, free radical, free radicals, radicals, radicand
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, operand
- ancient mathalgebra, arithmetic, geometry, fractions, addition