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: having the form of a cube : cubical
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a
: relating to the cube considered as a crystal form
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b
: being the volume of a cube whose edge is a specified unit
cubic inch
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: of third degree, order, or power
a cubic polynomial
: a cubic curve, equation, or polynomial
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Alex Knapp, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
At Shasta Lake, federal dam operators have let out 60,000 cubic feet per second since Saturday through the outlet valves at the massive Shasta Dam.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
Before long, Cardano could solve any depressed cubic.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
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Adjective
Researchers grew a synthetic diamond that’s harder than natural ones by heating and compressing graphite in such a way that the diamond is formed with a hexagonal lattice, rather than the cubic shape found in nature.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
At Shasta Lake, federal dam operators have let out 60,000 cubic feet per second since Saturday through the outlet valves at the massive Shasta Dam.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
Natural Gas October contract: $2.27 per thousand cubic, up 1.7%.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
Before long, Cardano could solve any depressed cubic.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 June 2022
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“Cubic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cubic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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