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cubic

  • /ˈkjuː.bɪk/ UK
  • /ˈkju.bɪk/ US

Rhymes with -uːbɪk

Where it comes from

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

adjective cubick

  1. not comparable Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice. cubic foot
  2. not comparable Relating to polynomials of the form ax³+bx²+cx+d.
  3. not comparable Having three equal axes and all angles 90°. cubic cleavage

    Similar: isometric, monometric

noun cubics · cubick

  1. A cubic curve.

    Similar: cubic curve

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: three-dimensional, cuboid, cubical, cubiform, cuboidal, cubelike, isometric, solid, blocky, boxy, boxlike, blockish, cube-shaped, square, cube, metric

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adj in the name of units of volume

Españolcúbico
हिन्दीघन ghan
Portuguêscúbico
Françaiscube
Italianocubo
Ελληνικάκυβικός kyvikós
Русскийкуби́ческий kubíčeskij
Tiếng Việtkhối
العربيةمُكَعَّب mukaʕʕab

adj of a polynomial of third degree

Españolcúbico
हिन्दीत्रिघात trighāt, घनीय ghanīya
Portuguêscúbico
Françaiscubique
Italianocubico
Русскийкуби́ческий kubíčeskij, в ку́бе v kúbe, тре́тьей сте́пени trétʹjej stépeni

adj having three equal axes and all angles 90°

Españolcúbico
हिन्दीघनीय ghanīya
العربيةمُكَعَّب mukaʕʕab

noun cubic curve

Françaiscubique

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@misc{cubic_2026,
  title = {cubic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cubic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}