cubic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cubic BrE [ˈkjuːbɪk] NAmE [ˈkjuːbɪk] adjective
1. (abbr.cu)only before noun used to show that a measurement is the volume of sth, that is the height multiplied by the length and the width
•cubic centimetres/inches/metres
•How many cubic metres of water are needed to fill the tank?
2. measured or expressed in cubic units
•the cubic capacity of a car's engine
3. having the shape of a ↑cube
•a cubic figure

Word Origin:
[cubic] late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘involving the cube (and no higher power)’): from Old French cubique, or via Latin from Greek kubikos, from kobos ‘cube’.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  linear, one-dimensional, planar, two-dimensional