CUBICAL

cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal

(adjective) shaped like a cube

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

cubical (comparative more cubical, superlative most cubical)

Of or pertaining to a cube; cubic.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 May 2025

CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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