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CUBIC
cubic, three-dimensional
(adjective) having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions
cubic
(adjective) involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable; “a cubic equation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cubic (not comparable)
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
Coordinate terms: linear, square
(algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
Synonyms: isometric, monometric
Noun
cubic (plural cubics)
(algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.
Synonym: cubic curve
Anagrams
• Bucci
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"bic (k"bk), Cu"bic*al (-b-kal), a. Etym: [L. cubicus, Gr. cubique. See Cube.]
1. Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
2. (Crystallog.)
Definition: Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. Cubic equation, an equation in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a cube.
– Cubic foot, a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which measures a foot in each of its dimensions.
– Cubic number, a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product again by the same number. See Cube.
– Cubical parabola (Geom.), two curves of the third degree, one plane, and one on space of three dimensions.
Cu"bic, n. (Geom.)
Definition: A curve of the third degree. Circular cubic. See under Circular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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