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pūtoru

1. (verb) (-tia) to cube, cut into cubes, multiplied three times.

Pūtorutia te 2, ka 8 (TRP 2010:208). / Cube 2 to equal 8.

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2. (modifier) cubic.

Kotikotia ngā rīwai kia āhua whā henimita pūtoru te rahi. / Cut up the potatoes to be about four cubic centimetres in size.
Anei te tau pūtoru mō te 5 (pūtoru) = 125 = 5 x 5 x 5 (TRP 2010:209). / Here is the cubic number for 5 (cubed) = 125 = 5 x 5 x 5.

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3. (noun) cube, power of three, cube of a number.

Ko te 64 te pūtoru o te 4 (TRP 2010:208). / 64 is the cube of 4.

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