cubic
English

A cubic shape (3)
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Alternative forms
- cubick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French cubique, equivalent to cube + -ic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjuː.bɪk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkju.bɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːbɪk
Adjective
cubic (not comparable)
- (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- On one recent day, officials said the fine dust concentration levels in Seoul rose above 130 micrograms per cubic meter.
Audio (US) (file)
- On one recent day, officials said the fine dust concentration levels in Seoul rose above 130 micrograms per cubic meter.
- 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form
- (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
- cubic cleavage
- Synonyms: isometric, monometric
Derived terms
- cubic capacity, cubic decimeter, cubic function, cubic graph, cubic millimetre, cubic nitre, cubo-cubic
- (degree three polynomial): cubic curve, cubic equation
- (unit of volume): cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, cubic kilometre, cubic meter, cubic metre, cubic mile, cubic yard
Derived terms
Translations
in the name of units of volume
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of a polynomial of third degree
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Occitan
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 208.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.bik/
Adjective
cubic m or n (feminine singular cubică, masculine plural cubici, feminine and neuter plural cubice)
Declension
Further reading
- cubic in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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