Cubic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cubic \Cu"bic\, n. (Geom.)
     A curve of the third degree.
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     {Circular cubic}. See under {Circular}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cubic \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.
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     2. (Crystallog.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage.
        See {Crystallization}.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cubic
       adj : having three dimensions [syn: {three-dimensional}] [ant: {linear},
              {planar}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "cubic":
     3-D, cube-shaped, cubed, cubiform, cuboid, diced, dimensional,
     flat, foursquare, fourth-dimensional, oblong, orthogonal,
     proportional, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral,
     rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, space, space-time, spatial,
     spatiotemporal, spherical, square, stereoscopic, superficial,
     surface, tetragonal, tetrahedral, three-dimensional, trapezohedral,
     trapezoid, two-dimensional, volumetric