Algorithm and Cube

noun

• A precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem.
  • synonyms: algorithmic rule, algorithmic program

• (n.) The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.
• (n.) The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

Algorithm is a complex mathematical model. In credit scoring, it is used to compare data in millions of credit reports and predict a person's likelihood to repay debts.

noun

• A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces.
  • synonyms: regular hexahedron
• A three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.
  • synonyms: block
• The product of three equal terms.
  • synonyms: third power
• Any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone.
• A block in the (approximate) shape of a cube.
  • synonyms: square block

verb

• Raise to the third power.
• Cut into cubes.
  • usage: "cube the cheese"
  • synonyms: dice

• (n.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
• (n.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
• (v.t.) To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.