Thesaurus: cubic

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1. a. Alt. of Cubical
2. n. A curve of the third degree.
3. adj. involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable
4. adj. having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions
5. 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. A curve of the third degree. Circular cubic. See under Circular.
6. A curve of the third degree. Circular cubic. See underCircular.
7. j:100 a. having three dimensions