cubic

• cubick (obsolete)

From Middle French cubique, equivalent to cube +‎ -ic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuː.bɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkju.bɪk/

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• Rhymes: -uːbɪk

cubic (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

   Coordinate terms: linear, square

   cubic foot

   • 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.

2. (mathematics) Relating to polynomials of the form ${\displaystyle ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx+d}$.
3. (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.

   Synonyms: isometric, monometric

   cubic cleavage

• (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 ton, cubic yard

cubic (plural cubics)

1. (algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.

   Synonym: cubic curve

• cube
• spacial, spatial
• square

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cubic m (feminine singular cubica, masculine plural cubics, feminine plural cubicas)

1. cubic

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 208.

Borrowed from French cubique, from Latin cubicus. By surface analysis, cub +‎ -ic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.bik/

cubic m or n (feminine singular cubică, masculine plural cubici, feminine and neuter plural cubice)

1. cubical

• “cubic”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025