Definitions for: Cubic


[adj] having three dimensions



Webster (1913) Definition: Cu"bic (k?"b?k), Cubical Cu"bic*al (-b?-kal), a. [L.
cubicus, Gr. ?????: cf. F. cubique. See Cube.]
1. Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or
capable of being contained, in a cube.

2. (Crystallog.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage.
See Crystallization.

Cubic equation, an equation in which the highest power of
the unknown quantity is a cube.

Cubic foot, a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which
measures a foot in each of its dimensions.

Cubic number, a number produced by multiplying a number
into itself, and that product again by the same number.
See Cube.

Cubical parabola (Geom.), two curves of the third degree,
one plane, and one on space of three dimensions.


Cu"bic, n. (Geom.)
A curve of the third degree.

Circular cubic. See under Circular.

Synonyms: blockish, blocky, boxlike, boxy, cubelike, cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal, isometric, solid, three-dimensional

Antonyms: linear, one-dimensional, planar, two-dimensional

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