CUBICS

Noun

cubics

plural of cubic

Anagrams

• Buccis

Source: Wiktionary


CUBIC

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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