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cu·bic
(kyo͞o′bĭk)adj.
1.
a. Having the shape of a cube.
b. Shaped similar to a cube.
2.
a. Having three dimensions.
b. Abbr. c or cu. Having a volume equal to a cube whose edge is of a stated length: a cubic foot.
3. Mathematics Of the third power, order, or degree.
4. Of or relating to a crystalline form that has three equal axes at right angles to each other; isometric.
n. Mathematics
A cubic expression, curve, or equation.
cu′bic·ly adv.
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cubic
(ˈkjuːbɪk)adj
1. (Mathematics) having the shape of a cube
2. (Units)
a. having three dimensions
b. denoting or relating to a linear measure that is raised to the third power: a cubic metre. Abbreviation: cu. or c
3. (Mathematics) maths of, relating to, or containing a variable to the third power or a term in which the sum of the exponents of the variables is three
4. (Chemistry) crystallog Also: isometric or regular relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three equal perpendicular axes. The unit cell of cubic crystals is a cube with a lattice point at each corner (simple cubic) and one in the cube's centre (body-centred cubic), or a lattice point at each corner and one at the centre of each face (face-centred cubic)
n
(Mathematics) maths
a. a cubic equation, such as x3 + x + 2 = 0
b. a cubic term or expression
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cu•bic
(ˈkyu bɪk)adj.
1. having three dimensions; solid.
2. having the form of a cube; cubical.
3. pertaining to the measurement of volume: the cubic contents.
4. pertaining to a unit of linear measure that is multiplied by itself twice to form a unit of measure for volume: a cubic foot; a cubic centimeter.
5. Math. of or pertaining to the third degree.
6. belonging or pertaining to the isometric system of crystallization.
n. 7. a cubic polynomial or equation.
cu•bic′i•ty (-ˈbɪs ɪ ti) n.
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cu·bic
(kyo͞o′bĭk)1. Referring to a volume unit of measurement: cubic meter.
2. Involving a number or a variable that has been raised to the third power.
3. Relating to a crystal having three axes of equal length intersecting at right angles. The mineral pyrite has cubic crystals. Also called isometric. See more at crystal.
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Adj. | 1. | cubic - having three dimensions linear, one-dimensional - of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension; "a linear measurement" planar, two-dimensional - involving two dimensions |
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Translations
تكْعيبي، مُكعـب الشّكلمَكَعَّب
krychlový
kubik-kubisk
kuutio-
kubični
kocka alakú
teningslaga
立方の
세제곱의
kockový
kubičen
kubisk
เกี่ยวกับการวัดปริมาตร
có hình lập phương
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cubic
[ˈkjuːbɪk] adj [object] → cubique
(in measurements) cubic metre → mètre m cube
cubic centimetre → centimètre m cube cubic capacitycubic capacity n [car] → cylindrée f
cubic centimetre → centimètre m cube cubic capacitycubic capacity n [car] → cylindrée f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cubic
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cubic
[ˈkjuːbɪk] adj (shape, volume) → cubico/a; (metre, foot) → cubo/acubic capacity (Aut) → cilindrata
cubic function (Math) → funzione f cubica
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cube
(kjuːb) noun1. a solid body having six equal square faces.
2. the result of multiplying a number by itself twice. The cube of 4 = 4 4 4 = 43 = 64.
verb1. to calculate the cube of (a number). If you cube 2, you will get the answer 8.
2. to make into a cube or cubes. She cubed the beef.
ˈcubic adjective shaped like a cube.
cube root the number of which a given number is the cube. The cube root of 64 is 4.
cubic centimetre abbreviation ( cc), metre etc the volume of, or the volume equivalent to, a cube whose sides measure one centimetre, metre etc. This jug holds 500 cubic centimetres.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
cubic
→ مَكَعَّب krychlový kubik- Kubik- κυβικός cúbico kuutio- cubique kubični cubico 立方の 세제곱의 kubiek terningformet sześcienny cúbico кубический kubisk เกี่ยวกับการวัดปริมาตร kübik có hình lập phương 立方形的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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adj cúbicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.