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   cubic

   /ˈkjuːbɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. having the shape of a cube: "a cubic room"
   • ▪ denoting a crystal system or three-dimensional geometrical arrangement having three equal axes at right angles: "the sodium and chloride ions form two intersecting cubic structures"
   • 2. denoting a unit of measurement equal to the volume of a cube whose side is one of the linear units specified: "15 billion cubic metres of water"
   • 3. involving the cube (and no higher power) of a quantity or variable: "a cubic equation"

   noun

   • 1. a cubic equation, or a curve described by one.

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘involving the cube (and no higher power)’): from Old French cubique, or via Latin from Greek kubikos, from kobos ‘cube’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cubical adjective
   • 2. cubically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • B

     3

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

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