cubic
/ˈkjuː.bɪk//ˈkju.bɪk/
cubic adjective: used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
Adjective
cubic (not comparable)
- Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- cubic foot
- On one recent day, officials said the fine dust concentration levels in Seoul rose above 130 micrograms per cubic meter.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Relating to polynomials of the form ax³+bx²+cx+d.
- Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
- cubic cleavage
- Synonyms:
- isometric, monometric
Noun
cubic (plural cubics)
- A cubic curve.
- Synonyms:
- cubic curve
cubic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
cubic in Hindi
- in the name of units of volume
- घन ghan
- of a polynomial of third degree
- त्रिघात trighāt, घनीय ghanīya
- having three equal axes and all angles 90°
- घनीय ghanīya
cubic in Tamil
- கன சதுர, பரு சதுர, முப்பருமான, கன வடிவ, முப்படி, முப்படிக்கணியன்
cubic in Marathi
- क्यूबिक
More languagesFewer languages
- cubic in Telugu
- క్యూబిక్, క్యుబిక్
- cubic in Malayalam
- ക്യൂബിക്, ക്യുബിക്
- cubic in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯೂಬಿಕ್
- cubic in Gujarati
- ક્યુબિક
- cubic in Nepali
- क्युबिक, क्यूबिक
- cubic in Tagalog
- buukin
- cubic in Arabic
- مُكَعَّب mukaʕʕab
- cubic in Vietnamese
- khối
Examples of cubic in a sentence
- Iron has a density of 7.8 grams per cubic centimeter: its dimensionless relative density is 7.8.
- The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.
- Its extension is a theory in which the NLSM Goldstone bosons interact with a cubic biadjoint scalar.
Synonyms of cubic
Forms of cubic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | cubick |
| Noun | |
| plural | cubics |
Origin of cubic
From Middle French cubique, equivalent to cube + -ic.
Words formed from cubic
- cubic centimeter
- cubic centimetre
- cubic foot
- cubic inch
- cubic kilometre
- cubic meter
- cubic metre
- cubic mile
- cubic ton
- cubic yard
- cubic curve
- cubic equation
- cubic spline
- cubic time
- cubic zirconia
- Tschirnhausen cubic
- bicubic
- cubic capacity
- cubic decimeter
- cubic function
- cubic graph
- cubicity
- cubic millimetre
- cubic nitre
- cubo-cubic
- cumec
- cusec
- hypercubic
- noncubic
- pseudocubic
- quasicubic
- subcubic
- tricubic
Phrases with cubic
- cubic feet
- cubic tons
- cubic times
- cubic yards
- cubic curves
- cubic graphs
- cubic inches
- cubic meters
- cubic metres
- cubic splines
- cubic decimetre
- cubic equations
8 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with cubic
Questions about cubic
- What does cubic mean?
- Cubic means used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- What is cubic in Hindi?
- Cubic in Hindi is घन (ghan), घनीय (ghanīya), त्रिघात (trighāt). See Cubic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cubic?
- Cubic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cubic?
- Cubic is pronounced /ˈkjuː.bɪk/ (UK).
Words near cubic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cubic (page history and authors); cubic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cubic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cubic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cubic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cubic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cubic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cubic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cubic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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