Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shape of a cube.
- adjective Shaped similar to a cube.
- adjective Having three dimensions.
- adjective Having a volume equal to a cube whose edge is of a stated length.
- adjective Mathematics Of the third power, order, or degree.
- adjective Of or relating to a crystalline form that has three equal axes at right angles to each other; isometric.
- noun A cubic expression, curve, or equation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a cube.
- Solid; three-dimensional: said of a unit of volume related to a unit of length of the same name as a cube is related to its edge. Thus, a cubic yard is the volume or solid contents of a cube whose edges are each a yard long. Abbreviated c.
- In algebra and geometry, being of the third order, degree, or power.
- noun In mathematics, a cubical quantic, equation, or curve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geom.) A curve of the third degree.
- noun See under
Circular . - adjective Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
- adjective (Crystallog.) Isometric or monometric. See
Crystallization . - adjective an equation in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a cube.
- adjective a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which measures a foot in each of its dimensions.
- adjective a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product again by the same number. See
Cube . - adjective (Geom.) two curves of the third degree, one plane, and one on space of three dimensions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective geometry Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- adjective algebraic geometry Of a class of
polynomial of the form - adjective crystallography Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
- noun algebraic geometry A
cubic curve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having three dimensions
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The 392 designation comes from the engine's size in cubic inches, a measurement familiar to those of us raised in the muscle car era, many of whom are the Challenger's target demographic.
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To recap: Optogenetics can trigger neurons within a carefully limited area, that is, a cubic millimeter or two.
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To recap: Optogenetics can trigger neurons within a carefully limited area, that is, a cubic millimeter or two.
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I've seen several references to a unit of energy called the cubic mile of oil (CMO).
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Aluminum is cubic, which is based on squares, so Keo was right.
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Halite crystallizes in the isometric (also called cubic) crystal system and when it forms crystals, it generally forms cubes.
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The primary objective is to increase productivity, or pulp yield, defined as cubic meters of pulp grown per hectare of plantation.
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The latter, commonly called cubic nitre or Chile saltpetre, is the kind occurring in Chile.
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Cent. has a greater weight under a given volume (that is, a cubic unit of it is heavier at this temperature) than it is at any temperature either higher or lower.
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Most doctors define mild neutropenia as neutrophil levels from 1000 to 1500 neutrophils per milliliter (one-thousandth of a liter; also called a cubic centimeter) of blood.
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hilart commented on the word cubic
I use this word a lot at work. I drive a cement truck.
October 22, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word cubic
cubic-le - repeated cubes
September 20, 2011