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Cubic
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Cubic
CUBIC
, CUBICAL,Adj.
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.]
Definition 2024
cubic
cubic
English
Alternative forms
- cubick (obsolete)
Adjective
cubic (not comparable)
- (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- cubic metre, cubic foot
- (algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form
- (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
- cubic cleavage
Synonyms
- (crystallography): isometric, monometric
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- cubic capacity
- (degree three polynomial): cubic curve, cubic equation
- (unit of volume): cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, cubic meter, cubic metre, cubic mile, cubic yard
Translations
in the name of units of volume
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of a polynomial of third degree
Having three equal axes and all angles 90°
Noun
cubic (plural cubics)
- (algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.