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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cubic \Cu"bic\ (k?"b?k), Cubical \Cu"bic*al\ (-b?-kal), adjective [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.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cubic \Cu"bic\, noun (Geom.) A curve of the third degree.
{Circular cubic}. See under {Circular}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cubic
adjective: having three dimensions [syn: {three-dimensional}] [ant: {linear}, {planar}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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