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Found 1 definition: cubic.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Adjective cubic has 1 senses

cubic(a = adj.all) three-dimensional - having three dimensions;
Antonyms: linear, planar
Derived form noun cubicity₁

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

cubic, 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. [1913 Webster]

2. Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. [1913 Webster]

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.

cubic, n.

A curve of the third degree. [1913 Webster]

Circular cubic. See under Circular.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

cubic, adj.
1 cube-shaped.
2 of three dimensions.
3 involving the cube (and no higher power) of a number (cubic equation).
4 Crystallog. having three equal axes at right angles.

Idiom:
cubic content the volume of a solid expressed in cubic metres. cubic metre etc. the volume of a cube whose edge is one metre etc.

Etymology:
F cubique or L cubicus f. Gk kubikos (as CUBE)