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cubic

Pronunciation:  'kyoobik

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 Definition: [adj]  having three dimensions
 
 Synonyms: blockish, blocky, boxlike, boxy, cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal, isometric, solid, three-dimensional
 
 Antonyms: linear, one-dimensional, planar, two-dimensional
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
    
  2. \Cu"bic\, n. (Geom.)
    A curve of the third degree.
    
    {Circular cubic}. See under {Circular}.
    
    
 
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