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6 dictionary results for: cubic
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cu⋅bic

   [kyoo-bik]
–adjective
1. having three dimensions; solid.
2. having the form of a cube; cubical.
3. pertaining to the measurement of volume: the cubic contents of a vessel.
4. pertaining to a unit of linear measure that is multiplied by itself twice to form a unit of measure for volume: cubic foot; cubic centimeter; cubic inch; cubic meter.
5. Mathematics. of or pertaining to the third degree.
6. Crystallography. belonging or pertaining to the isometric system of crystallization.
–noun
7. Mathematics. a cubic polynomial or equation.
Origin:
1490–1500; earlier cubik < L cubicus < Gk kybikós. See cube 1 , -ic
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cu·bic     (kyōō'bĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Having the shape of a cube.
    2. Shaped similar to a cube.
    3. Having three dimensions.
    4. Abbr. c or cu. Having a volume equal to a cube whose edge is of a stated length: a cubic foot.
    1. Having three dimensions.
    2. Abbr. c or cu. Having a volume equal to a cube whose edge is of a stated length: a cubic foot.
  3. Mathematics Of the third power, order, or degree.
  4. Of or relating to a crystalline form that has three equal axes at right angles to each other; isometric.
n.   Mathematics
A cubic expression, curve, or equation.
cu'bic·ly adv.
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cubic

adjective
having three dimensions [ant: linear, planar] 

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cubic   (ky'bĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Referring to a volume unit of measurement.
  2. Involving a number or a variable that has been raised to the third power.
  3. Relating to a crystal having three axes of equal length intersecting at right angles. The mineral pyrite has cubic crystals. Also called isometric. See illustration at crystal.

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Cubic

Cu"bic\ (k?"b?k), Cubical \Cu"bic*al\ (-b?-kal), a. [L. cubicus, Gr. ?????: cf. F. cubique. See Cube.]

1. Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.

2. (Crystallog.) 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.

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Cubic

Cu"bic\, n. (Geom.) A curve of the third degree.

Circular cubic. See under Circular.

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