CUBIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cubic mean? 

• CUBIC (adjective)
  The adjective CUBIC has 2 senses:

1. involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable

2. having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions

  Familiarity information: CUBIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUBIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving the cube and no higher power of a quantity or variable

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a cubic equation

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Pertainym:

cube (the product of three equal terms)

Derivation:

cube (the product of three equal terms)

cube (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having the shape of a cube; having three dimensions

Synonyms:

cubic; three-dimensional

Similar:

blockish; blocky (resembling a block in shape)

box-shaped; boxlike; boxy (resembling a box in rectangularity)

brick-shaped (shaped like a brick)

cube-shaped; cubelike; cubical; cubiform; cuboid; cuboidal (shaped like a cube)

isometric (of a crystal system characterized by three equal axes at right angles)

solid (having three dimensions)

Attribute:

cubicity (the property of resembling a cube)

Antonym:

linear (of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension)

planar (involving or having two dimensions)

Derivation:

cube (a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube)

cube (a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides)

cube (a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces)

cubicity (the property of resembling a cube)

 Context examples 

A traditional unit of volume designed to contain 10 pounds of distilled water under precisely defined conditions and equal to 4.546 091 liters, 277.4194 cubic inches, or 1.20095 US liquid gallons, or 1.03206 US dry gallons.

(Gallon British, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the US customary system to 1/16 pint, or 1.804 687 cubic inches or 29.573 531 milliliters.

(Fluid Ounce US, NCI Thesaurus)

The US unit of liquid volume legally defined as 3785.411784 milliliters (3.785 411 784 liters), or 231 cubic inches.

(Gallon US, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by the decrease of the CD4-positive lymphocytes below 300 per cubic millimeter in the absence of identifiable immunodeficiency causes.

(Idiopathic CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytopenia, NCI Thesaurus)

A SI derived unit of energy density defined as the energy equal to one joule stored in the volume equal to one cubic meter.

(Joule per Cubic Meter, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the British Imperial system to 1/20 pint, or 1.733 871 cubic inches or 28.413 063 milliliters.

(Fluid Ounce British, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of volume equal to 1/8 fluid ounce, 0.225 586 cubic inch or 3.696 691 milliliters.

(Fluid Dram US, NCI Thesaurus)

A traditional unit of volume equal to 1728 cubic inches, or 1/27 cubic yard, or 0.028 316 85 cubic meter (28.316 85 liters).

(Cubic Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

“It is a question of cubic capacity,” said he; “a man with so large a brain must have something in it.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A volume equal to 1/8 Brisith fluid ounce, 0.216 734 cubic inches or 3.551 633 milliliters.

(Fluid Dram British, NCI Thesaurus)