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Regular Hexahedron
Cube
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Type Platonic solid
Elements F = 6, E = 12
V = 8 (χ = 2)
Faces by sides 6{4}
Schläfli symbol {4,3}
Wythoff symbol 3 | 2 4
Coxeter diagram CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Symmetry Oh, BC3, [4,3], (*432)
Rotation group O, [4,3]+, (432)
References U06, C18, W3
Properties Regular convex zonohedron
Dihedral angle 90°
Cube
4.4.4
( Vertex figure)
Octahedron.png
Octahedron
( dual polyhedron)
Cube
Net

In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. The cube can also be called a regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids. It is a special kind of square prism, of rectangular parallelepiped and of trigonal trapezohedron. The cube is dual to the octahedron. It has cubical symmetry (also called octahedral symmetry). It is special by being a cuboid and a rhombohedron.

Orthogonal projections

The cube has four special orthogonal projections, centered, on a vertex, edges, face and normal to its vertex figure. The first and third correspond to the A2 and B2 Coxeter planes.

Orthogonal projections
Centered by Face Vertex
Coxeter planes B2
2-cube.svg
A2
3-cube t0.svg
Projective
symmetry
Tilted views Cube t0 e.png Cube t0 fb.png

Cartesian coordinates

For a cube centered at the origin, with edges parallel to the axes and with an edge length of 2, the Cartesian coordinates of the vertices are

(±1, ±1, ±1)

while the interior consists of all points (x0, x1, x2) with −1 < xi < 1.

Equation in R3

In analytic geometry, a cube's surface with centre (x0, y0, z0) and edge length of 2a is the locus of all points (x, y, z) such that

 \lim_{n \to \infty} (x - x_0 )^n + (y - y_0 )^n + ( z - z_0 )^n - a^n = 0.

Formulae

For a cube of edge length a,

surface area 6 a^2\,
volume a^3\,
face diagonal \sqrt 2a
space diagonal \sqrt 3a
radius of circumscribed sphere \frac{\sqrt 3}{2} a
radius of sphere tangent to edges \frac{a}{\sqrt 2}
radius of inscribed sphere \frac{a}{2}
angles between faces (in radians) \frac{\pi}{2}

As the volume of a cube is the third power of its sides a \times a \times a, third powers are called cubes, by analogy with squares and second powers.

A cube has the largest volume among cuboids (rectangular boxes) with a given surface area. Also, a cube has the largest volume among cuboids with the same total linear size (length+width+height).

Uniform colorings and symmetry

The cube has three uniform colorings, named by the colors of the square faces around each vertex: 111, 112, 123.

The cube has three classes of symmetry, which can be represented by vertex-transitive coloring the faces. The highest octahedral symmetry Oh has all the faces the same colour. The dihedral symmetry D4h comes from the cube being a prism, with all four sides being the same colour. The lowest symmetry D2h is also a prismatic symmetry, with sides alternating colors, so there are three colors, paired by opposite sides. Each symmetry form has a different Wythoff symbol.

Name Regular hexahedron Square prism Cuboid Trigonal trapezohedron
Coxeter-Dynkin CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
Schläfli symbol {4,3} {4}×{} {}×{}×{}
Wythoff symbol 3 | 4 2 4 2 | 2 2 2 2 |
Symmetry Oh
(*432)
D4h
(*422)
D2h
(*222)
D3d
(2*3)
Symmetry order 24 16 8 12
Image
(uniform coloring)
Hexahedron.png
(111)
Tetragonal prism.png
(112)
Uniform polyhedron 222-t012.png
(123)
Trigonal trapezohedron.png
(111), (112), (122), and (222)

Geometric relations

The 11 nets of the cube.
These familiar six-sided dice are cube-shaped.

A cube has eleven nets (one shown above): that is, there are eleven ways to flatten a hollow cube by cutting seven edges. To color the cube so that no two adjacent faces have the same colour, one would need at least three colors.

The cube is the cell of the only regular tiling of three-dimensional Euclidean space. It is also unique among the Platonic solids in having faces with an even number of sides and, consequently, it is the only member of that group that is a zonohedron (every face has point symmetry).

The cube can be cut into six identical square pyramids. If these square pyramids are then attached to the faces of a second cube, a rhombic dodecahedron is obtained (with pairs of coplanar triangles combined into rhombic faces.)

Other dimensions

The analogue of a cube in four-dimensional Euclidean space has a special name—a tesseract or hypercube. More properly, a hypercube (or n-dimensional cube or simply n-cube) is the analogue of the cube in n-dimensional Euclidean space and a tesseract is the order-4 hypercube. A hypercube is also called a measure polytope.

There are analogues of the cube in lower dimensions too: a point in dimension 0, a segment in one dimension and a square in two dimensions.

Related polyhedra

The dual of a cube is an octahedron.
The hemicube is the 2-to-1 quotient of the cube.

The quotient of the cube by the antipodal map yields a projective polyhedron, the hemicube.

If the original cube has edge length 1, its dual polyhedron (an octahedron) has edge length \scriptstyle \sqrt{2}.

The cube is a special case in various classes of general polyhedra:

Name Equal edge-lengths? Equal angles? Right angles?
Cube Yes Yes Yes
Rhombohedron Yes Yes No
Cuboid No Yes Yes
Parallelepiped No Yes No
quadrilaterally faced hexahedron No No No

The vertices of a cube can be grouped into two groups of four, each forming a regular tetrahedron; more generally this is referred to as a demicube. These two together form a regular compound, the stella octangula. The intersection of the two forms a regular octahedron. The symmetries of a regular tetrahedron correspond to those of a cube which map each tetrahedron to itself; the other symmetries of the cube map the two to each other.

One such regular tetrahedron has a volume of 12 of that of the cube. The remaining space consists of four equal irregular tetrahedra with a volume of 16 of that of the cube, each.

The rectified cube is the cuboctahedron. If smaller corners are cut off we get a polyhedron with six octagonal faces and eight triangular ones. In particular we can get regular octagons ( truncated cube). The rhombicuboctahedron is obtained by cutting off both corners and edges to the correct amount.

A cube can be inscribed in a dodecahedron so that each vertex of the cube is a vertex of the dodecahedron and each edge is a diagonal of one of the dodecahedron's faces; taking all such cubes gives rise to the regular compound of five cubes.

If two opposite corners of a cube are truncated at the depth of the three vertices directly connected to them, an irregular octahedron is obtained. Eight of these irregular octahedra can be attached to the triangular faces of a regular octahedron to obtain the cuboctahedron.

The cube is topologically related to a series of spherical polyhedra and tilings with order-3 vertex figures.

Polyhedra Euclidean Hyperbolic tilings
Spherical trigonal hosohedron.png
{2,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Uniform polyhedron-33-t0.png
{3,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Uniform polyhedron-43-t0.png
{4,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Uniform polyhedron-53-t0.png
{5,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Uniform polyhedron-63-t0.png
{6,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
H2 tiling 237-1.png
{7,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
H2 tiling 238-1.png
{8,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
... H2 tiling 23i-1.png
(∞,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png

The cuboctahedron is one of a family of uniform polyhedra related to the cube and regular octahedron.

Uniform octahedral polyhedra
Symmetry: [4,3], (*432) [4,3]+, (432) [1+,4,3], (*332) [4,3+], (3*2)
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node h.png CDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node h.png
Uniform polyhedron-43-t0.svg Uniform polyhedron-43-t01.svg Uniform polyhedron-43-t1.svg Uniform polyhedron-43-t12.svg Uniform polyhedron-43-t2.svg Uniform polyhedron-43-t02.png Uniform polyhedron-43-t012.png Uniform polyhedron-43-s012.png Uniform polyhedron-33-t2.png Uniform polyhedron-43-h01.svg
{4,3} t0,1{4,3} t1{4,3} t1,2{4,3} {3,4} t0,2{4,3} t0,1,2{4,3} s{4,3} h{4,3} h1,2{4,3}
Duals to uniform polyhedra
CDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node fh.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node fh.png CDel node fh.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node fh.png
Octahedron.svg Triakisoctahedron.jpg Rhombicdodecahedron.jpg Tetrakishexahedron.jpg Hexahedron.svg Deltoidalicositetrahedron.jpg Disdyakisdodecahedron.jpg Pentagonalicositetrahedronccw.jpg Tetrahedron.svg POV-Ray-Dodecahedron.svg
V4.4.4 V3.8.8 V3.4.3.4 V4.6.6 V3.3.3.3 V3.4.4.4 V4.6.8 V3.3.3.3.4 V3.3.3 V3.3.3.3.3

The cube is topologically related as a part of sequence of regular tilings, extending into the hyperbolic plane: {4,p}, p=3,4,5...

Uniform polyhedron-43-t0.png
{4,3}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Uniform tiling 44-t0.png
{4,4}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
Uniform tiling 45-t0.png
{4,5}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node.png
Uniform tiling 46-t0.png
{4,6}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.png
Uniform tiling 47-t0.png
{4,7}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node.png
Uniform tiling 48-t0.png
{4,8}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node.png
... H2 tiling 24i-4.png
{4,∞}
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.png

With dihedral symmetry, Dih4, the cube is topologically related in a series of uniform polyhedra and tilings 4.2n.2n, extending into the hyperbolic plane:

Dimensional family of truncated polyhedra and tilings: 4.2n.2n
Symmetry
*n42
[n,4]
Spherical Euclidean Hyperbolic...
*242
[2,4]
D4h
*342
[3,4]
Oh
*442
[4,4]
P4m
*542
[5,4]
*642
[6,4]
*742
[7,4]
*842
[8,4]...
*∞42
[∞,4]
Truncated
figures
Spherical square prism.png
4.4.4
Uniform tiling 432-t12.png
4.6.6
Uniform tiling 44-t01.png
4.8.8
Uniform tiling 54-t01.png
4.10.10
Uniform tiling 64-t01.png
4.12.12
Uniform tiling 74-t01.png
4.14.14
Uniform tiling 84-t01.png
4.16.16
H2 tiling 24i-3.png
4.∞.∞
Coxeter
Schläfli
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,2}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,3}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,4}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,5}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,6}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,7}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,8}
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node 1.png
t1,2{4,∞}
Uniform dual figures
n-kis
figures
Spherical square bipyramid.png
V4.4.4
Tetrakishexahedron.jpg
V4.6.6
Tiling Dual Semiregular V4-8-8 Tetrakis Square.svg
V4.8.8
Order-5 tetrakis square tiling.png
V4.10.10
Order-6 tetrakis square tiling.png
V4.12.12
Hyperbolic domains 772.png
V4.14.14
Order-8 tetrakis square tiling.png
V4.16.16
H2checkers 2ii.png
V4.∞.∞
Coxeter CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node f1.png

All these figures have octahedral symmetry.

The cube is a part of a sequence of rhombic polyhedra and tilings with [n,3] Coxeter group symmetry. The cube can be seen as a rhombic hexahedron where the rhombi are squares.

Dimensional family of quasiregular polyhedra and tilings: 3.n.3.n
Symmetry
*n32
[n,3]
Spherical Euclidean Hyperbolic tiling
*332
[3,3]
Td
*432
[4,3]
Oh
*532
[5,3]
Ih
*632
[6,3]
p6m
*732
[7,3]
*832
[8,3]
*∞32
[∞,3]
Quasiregular
figures
configuration
Uniform tiling 332-t1-1-.png
3.3.3.3
Uniform tiling 432-t1.png
3.4.3.4
Uniform tiling 532-t1.png
3.5.3.5
Uniform tiling 63-t1.png
3.6.3.6
Uniform tiling 73-t1.png
3.7.3.7
Uniform tiling 83-t1.png
3.8.3.8
H2 tiling 23i-2.png
3.∞.3.∞
Coxeter diagram CDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Dual
(rhombic)
figures
configuration
Hexahedron.svg
V3.3.3.3
Rhombicdodecahedron.jpg
V3.4.3.4
Rhombictriacontahedron.svg
V3.5.3.5
Rhombic star tiling.png
V3.6.3.6
Order73 qreg rhombic til.png
V3.7.3.7
Uniform dual tiling 433-t01-yellow.png
V3.8.3.8
Ord3infin qreg rhombic til.png
V3.∞.3.∞
Coxeter diagram CDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png

The cube is a square prism:

Family of uniform prisms
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ...
CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 7.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 8.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 9.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 10.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 5.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 11.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 12.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png
Triangular prism.png Tetragonal prism.png Pentagonal prism.png Hexagonal prism.png Prism 7.png Octagonal prism.png Prism 9.png Decagonal prism.png Hendecagonal prism.png Dodecagonal prism.png Circular cylinder rh.svg
As spherical polyhedra
Spherical triangular prism.png Spherical square prism2.png Spherical pentagonal prism.png Spherical hexagonal prism2.png Spherical heptagonal prism.png Spherical octagonal prism2.png Spherical decagonal prism2.png Spherical dodecagonal prism2.png

As a trigonal trapezohedron, the cube is related to the hexagonal dihedral symmetry family.

Uniform hexagonal dihedral spherical polyhedra
Symmetry: [6,2], (*622) [6,2]+, (622) [1+,6,2], (322) [6,2+], (2*3)
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.png CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node h.png CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node h.png
Hexagonal dihedron.png Dodecagonal dihedron.png Hexagonal dihedron.png Spherical hexagonal prism.png Spherical hexagonal hosohedron.png Spherical truncated trigonal prism.png Spherical dodecagonal prism2.png Spherical hexagonal antiprism.png Trigonal dihedron.png Spherical trigonal antiprism.png
{6,2} t0,1{6,2} t1{6,2} t1,2{6,2} t2{6,2} t0,2{6,2} t0,1,2{6,2} s{6,2} h{6,2} h1,2{6,2}
Uniform duals
CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node fh.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node fh.png CDel node fh.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node fh.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node fh.png
Spherical hexagonal hosohedron.png Spherical dodecagonal hosohedron.png Spherical hexagonal hosohedron.png Spherical hexagonal bipyramid.png Hexagonal dihedron.png Spherical hexagonal bipyramid.png Spherical dodecagonal bipyramid.png Spherical hexagonal trapezohedron.png Spherical trigonal hosohedron.png Spherical trigonal trapezohedron.png
V62 V122 V62 V4.4.6 V26 V4.4.6 V4.4.12 V3.3.3.6 V32 V3.3.3.3
Regular and uniform compounds of cubes
UC08-3 cubes.png
Compound of three cubes
Compound of five cubes.png
Compound of five cubes

In uniform honeycombs and polychora

It is an element of 9 of 28 convex uniform honeycombs:

Cubic honeycomb
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.png
Truncated square prismatic honeycomb
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.png
Snub square prismatic honeycomb
CDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 2.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel infin.pngCDel node.png
Elongated triangular prismatic honeycomb Gyroelongated triangular prismatic honeycomb
Partial cubic honeycomb.png Truncated square prismatic honeycomb.png Snub square prismatic honeycomb.png Elongated triangular prismatic honeycomb.png Gyroelongated triangular prismatic honeycomb.png
Cantellated cubic honeycomb
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
Cantitruncated cubic honeycomb
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
Runcitruncated cubic honeycomb
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
Runcinated alternated cubic honeycomb
CDel nodes 10ru.pngCDel split2.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
Cantellated cubic honeycomb.jpg Cantitruncated cubic honeycomb.jpg Runcitruncated cubic honeycomb.jpg Runcinated alternated cubic honeycomb.jpg

It is also an element of five four-dimensional uniform polychora:

Tesseract
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.png
Cantellated 16-cell
CDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png
Runcinated tesseract
CDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node.pngCDel 3.pngCDel node 1.png
Cantitruncated 16-cell
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Runcitruncated 16-cell
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Combinatorial cubes

A different kind of cube is the cube graph, which is the graph of vertices and edges of the geometrical cube. It is a special case of the hypercube graph.

An extension is the three dimensional k-ary Hamming graph, which for k = 2 is the cube graph. Graphs of this sort occur in the theory of parallel processing in computers.

  • Unit cube
  • Tesseract
  • Cube (film)
  • Trapezohedron
  • Yoshimoto Cube
  • The Cube (game show)
  • Prince Rupert's cube
  • OLAP cube
  • Lövheim cube of emotion
  • Cube of Heymans
  • Necker Cube
  • Rubik's Cube
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