Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kyoo-bik]
- /ˈkyu bɪk/
- /ˈkjuː.bɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kyoo-bik]
- /ˈkyu bɪk/
Definitions of cubic word
- adjective cubic Cubic is used in front of units of length to form units of volume such as 'cubic metre' and 'cubic foot'. 3
- adjective cubic having the shape of a cube 3
- adjective cubic having three dimensions 3
- adjective cubic denoting or relating to a linear measure that is raised to the third power 3
- adjective cubic of, relating to, or containing a variable to the third power or a term in which the sum of the exponents of the variables is three 3
- adjective cubic relating to or belonging to the crystal system characterized by three equal perpendicular axes. The unit cell of cubic crystals is a cube with a lattice point at each corner (simple cubic) and one in the cube's centre (body-centred cubic), or a lattice point at each corner and one at the centre of each face (face-centred cubic) 3
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Origin of cubic
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
1490-1500; earlier cubik < Latin cubicus < Greek kybikós. See cube1, -ic
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cubic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cubic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cubic usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cubic
noun cubic
- square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
Antonyms for cubic
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