cubic

English

A cubic shape (3)

polynomial degrees

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Alternative forms

• cubick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French cubique

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjuː.bɪk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkju.bɪk/

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• Rhymes: -uːbɪk

Adjective

cubic (not comparable)

1. (geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
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   cubic foot

2. (algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form $ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx+d$
3. (crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.

   cubic cleavage

Synonyms

• (crystallography): isometric, monometric

Coordinate terms

• (three-dimensional unit): linear, square

Derived terms

• cubic capacity
• (degree three polynomial): cubic curve, cubic equation
• (unit of volume): cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, cubic foot, cubic inch, cubic kilometre, cubic meter, cubic metre, cubic mile, cubic yard

Translations

in the name of units of volume

• Armenian: խորանարդ (hy) (xoranard)
• Bulgarian: куби́чен (bg) (kubíčen), кубѝчески (kubìčeski)
• Catalan: cúbic (ca)
• Czech: krychlový (cs), kubický (cs)
• Dutch: kubiek (nl)
• Finnish: kuutio- (fi)
• French: cube (fr)
• Greek: κυβικός (el) (kyvikós)
• Hungarian: köb- (hu)
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• Italian: cubo (it)
• Maori: pūtoru
• Polish: sześcienny (pl) m
• Portuguese: cúbico (pt)
• Russian: куби́ческий (ru) (kubíčeskij)
• Slovak: kubický
• Spanish: cúbico m
• Swedish: kubik-
• Tagalog: buukin

of a polynomial of third degree

• Armenian: խորանարդ (hy) (xoranard)
• Bulgarian: куби́чен (bg) (kubíčen), кубѝчески (kubìčeski)
• Catalan: cúbic (ca)
• Czech: kubický (cs)
• Dutch: derdegraads (nl)
• Finnish: kolmannen asteen
• French: cubique (fr)
• Italian: cubico (it) m, cubica (it) f
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• Polish: trzeciego stopnia
• Portuguese: cúbico (pt)
• Russian: куби́ческий (ru) (kubíčeskij), в ку́бе (v kúbe), тре́тьей сте́пени (trétʹjej stépeni)
• Spanish: cúbico
• Swedish: tredjegrads- (sv), kubisk (sv)
• Tagalog: buukin

Having three equal axes and all angles 90°

• Dutch: kubisch (nl)
• Finnish: kuutiollinen (fi)
• Hungarian: köbös
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: regularny (pl) m, kubiczny m
• Spanish: cúbico m
• Tagalog: buukin

Noun

cubic (plural cubics)

1. (algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.

Synonyms

• cubic curve

Translations

cubic curve

• French: cubique (fr) f
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• Swedish: tredjegradskurva c

See also

• cube
• spacial, spatial
• square

Anagrams

• Bucci