An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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1) Having the form of a cube; having three dimensions. → cubic crystal system.
2) Of or pertaining to the third degree of a quantity or variable. → cubic equation, → cubic function.

→ cube + → -ic.

A → crystal system whose three axes have equal lengths and all corners are 90°.

→ cubic; → crystal; → system.

An equation containing unknowns of the third power; the general form: ax³ + bx² + cx + d = 0.

Cubic, of or pertaining to → cube; → equation.

A function defined by a → polynomial of → degree three. Its generalized form is: f(x) = ax³ + bx² + cx + d, where a, b, c and d are constants, and a≠ 0.

→ cubic; → function.