Cubby
(Cub"by Cub"by*hole`) n. [See Cub a stall.] A snug or confined place.
Cubdrawn
(Cub"*drawn`) a. Sucked by cubs. [R.]
This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch.
Shak.
Cube
(Cube) n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. a cube, a cubical die.]
1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16,
and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.
Cube ore (Min.),
pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color. — Cube root.
(Math.), the number or quantity which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the
given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27, for 3x3x3 = 27. — Cube spar (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous
calcium sulphate.
Cube
(Cube), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cubed (k?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubing.] To raise to the third power; to
obtain the cube of.
Cubeb
(Cu"beb) n. [F. cubbe (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kabbat.] The
small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java
and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine
as a stimulant and purgative.
Cubebic
(Cu*beb"ic) a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid
Cubhood
(Cub"hood) n. The state of being a cub. [Jocose] "From cubhood to old age." W. B. Dawkins.
Cubic
(Cu"bic Cu"bic*al) (-b?- kal), a. [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.
Cubic
(Cu"bic), n. (Geom.) A curve of the third degree.
Circular cubic.
See under Circular.
Cubically
(Cu"bic*al*ly), adv. In a cubical method.
Cubicalness
(Cu"bic*al*ness), n. The quality of being cubical.
Cubicle
(Cu"bi*cle) n. [L. cubiculum.] A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large
dormitory.
Cubicular
(Cu*bic"u*lar) a. [L. cubicularis, fr. cubiculum a sleeping room, fr. cubare to lie down.]
Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. [Obs.] Howell.
Cubiform
(Cu"bi*form) a. Of the form of a cube.