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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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