Cubic

Cu′bic

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Noun.

(Geom.)

A curve of the third degree.

Circular cubic

.

See under

Circular

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Cubic

CUBIC

, CUBICAL,

Adj.

[L. See Cube.] Having the form or properties of a cube; that may be or is contained within a cube. A cubic foot of water is the water that may be contained within six equal sides, each a foot square.

Cubic number, is a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product by the same number; or it is the number arising from the multiplication of a square number by its root. [See Cube.]

cubic

English

A cubic shape (3)

polynomial degrees
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Alternative forms

cubick (obsolete)

Adjective

cubic ‎(not comparable)

(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
cubic metre‎, cubic foot‎
(algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form $ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx+d$
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
cubic cleavage‎

Synonyms

(crystallography): isometric, monometric

Coordinate terms

(three-dimensional unit): linear, square

Derived terms

cubic capacity
(degree three polynomial): cubic curve, cubic equation
(unit of volume): cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, cubic meter, cubic metre, cubic mile, cubic yard

Translations

in the name of units of volume

Armenian: խորանարդ (hy) ‎(xoranard)
Bulgarian: куби́чен (bg) ‎(kubíčen)
Catalan: cúbic
Dutch: kubiek (nl)
Finnish: kuutio- (fi)
French: cube (fr)
Greek: κυβικός (el) ‎(kyvikós)
Hungarian: köb- (hu)

Italian: cubo (it)
Polish: sześcienny m
Portuguese: cúbico (pt)
Russian: куби́ческий (ru) ‎(kubíčeskij)
Slovak: kubický
Spanish: cúbico m
Swedish: kubik-
Tagalog: buukin

of a polynomial of third degree

Armenian: խորանարդ (hy) ‎(xoranard)
Bulgarian: куби́чен (bg) ‎(kubíčen)
Catalan: cúbic
Dutch: derdegraads
French: cubique (fr)
Italian: cubico (it) m, cubica (it) f

Polish: trzeciego stopnia
Portuguese: cúbico (pt)
Russian: куби́ческий (ru) ‎(kubíčeskij), в ку́бе ‎(v kúbe), тре́тьей сте́пени ‎(trétʹjej stépeni)
Spanish: cúbico
Swedish: tredjegrads-, kubisk (sv)
Tagalog: buukin

Having three equal axes and all angles 90°

Dutch: kubisch (nl)
Hungarian: köbös
Polish: regularny (pl) m, kubiczny m

Spanish: cúbico m
Tagalog: buukin

Noun

cubic ‎(plural cubics)

(algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.

Synonyms

cubic curve

Translations

cubic curve

French: cubique (fr) f

Swedish: tredjegradskurva c

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