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Webster 1913 Edition


Cubic

Cu′bic

,
Noun.
(Geom.)
A curve of the third degree.
Circular cubic
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See under
Circular
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Webster 1828 Edition


Cubic

CUBIC

, CUBICAL,
Adj.
[L. See Cube.] Having the form or properties of a cube; that may be or is contained within a cube. A cubic foot of water is the water that may be contained within six equal sides, each a foot square.
Cubic number, is a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product by the same number; or it is the number arising from the multiplication of a square number by its root. [See Cube.]