cubic

cubic
    adj 1: having three dimensions [syn: {cubic}, {three-
           dimensional}] [ant: {linear}, {one-dimensional},
           {planar}, {two-dimensional}]
    

Cubic \Cu"bic\, n. (Geom.)
   A curve of the third degree.
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   {Circular cubic}. See under {Circular}.
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Cubic \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.
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   2. (Crystallog.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage.
      See {Crystallization}.
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   {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.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "cubic":
      3-D, cube-shaped, cubed, cubiform, cuboid, diced, dimensional,
      flat, foursquare, fourth-dimensional, oblong, orthogonal,
      proportional, quadrangular, quadrate, quadriform, quadrilateral,
      rectangular, rhombic, rhomboid, space, space-time, spatial,
      spatiotemporal, spherical, square, stereoscopic, superficial,
      surface, tetragonal, tetrahedral, three-dimensional, trapezohedral,
      trapezoid, two-dimensional, volumetric