cubic

cubic
cubicity /kyooh bis"i tee/, n.
/kyooh"bik/, adj.
1. having three dimensions; solid.
2. having the form of a cube; cubical.
3. pertaining to the measurement of volume: the cubic contents of a vessel.
4. pertaining to a unit of linear measure that is multiplied by itself twice to form a unit of measure for volume: cubic foot; cubic centimeter; cubic inch; cubic meter.
5. Math. of or pertaining to the third degree.
6. Crystall. belonging or pertaining to the isometric system of crystallization.
n.
7. Math. a cubic polynomial or equation.
[1490-1500; earlier cubik < L cubicus < Gk kybikós. See CUBE1, -IC]

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